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Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013

Introduced: March 7, 2013 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 7, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1009 Related bill Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jun 4, 2014
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 12, 2014
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 3, 2013
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 14, 2013
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 7, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 506: Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-506/
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"S. 506: Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-506/.
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