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HR 343 114th Congress House Taxation Charitable contributions First responders and emergency personnel Income tax deductions Inflation and prices Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Volunteer Emergency Responders Tax Deduction Act

Introduced: January 14, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 14, 2015
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Volunteer Emergency Responders Tax Deduction Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, civil air patrol, and search and rescue services rendered by a bona fide volunteer as a charitable contribution to the organization for which such services are rendered for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Limits to 300 the amount of hours of services which a volunteer may render to an organization in a taxable year.

What's happening now January 14, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 5 Republican 6
Murphy, Tim
· May 10, 2016
Blum, Rod
· Apr 26, 2016
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Feb 4, 2016
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 21, 2015
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 21, 2015
Poliquin, Bruce
· Oct 21, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Sep 30, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 24, 2015
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Sep 18, 2015
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Sep 18, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 2, 2015
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 19, 2015
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · May 14, 2015
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Apr 21, 2015
Abraham, Ralph
· Apr 16, 2015
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Apr 16, 2015
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 15, 2015
Jenkins, Evan
· Jan 14, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 343: Volunteer Emergency Responders Tax Deduction Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-343/
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"H.R. 343: Volunteer Emergency Responders Tax Deduction Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-343/.
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H.R. 343, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-343/.
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