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Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2010

Introduced: May 5, 2010 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 5, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations exempting a length of service award program from treatment as an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

What's happening now May 5, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1792 Related bill Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 19, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3319: Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3319/
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"S. 3319: Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3319/.
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S. 3319, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3319/.
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