S 721
108th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Caribbean area
Cuba
Estate tax
Excise tax
Families
Income tax
Latin America
Married people
Military bases
Military operations
Military pay
Military personnel
Missing in action
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the combat zone income tax exclusion to include income for the period of transit to the combat zone and to remove the limitation on such exclusion for commissioned officers, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 26, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2003
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Mar 26, 2003
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4444)
Mar 26, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to non-taxed "combat zone" compensation to: (1) include "direct transit to the combat zone" within such definition; and (2) eliminate the enlisted personnel compensation ceiling for commissioned officers.
Entitles military personnel eligible for special pay for hostile fire or imminent danger for services at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, and in the Horn of Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or any successor operation to specified tax benefits as if such services were performed in a combat zone.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Cosponsors
1