S 506
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax deferral
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 7, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1271)
Mar 7, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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