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HR 606 114th Congress House Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Income tax exclusion Law enforcement officers

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Introduced: January 28, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2015
Became Public Law No: 114-14.
May 22, 2015
Signed by President.
May 18, 2015
Presented to President.
May 14, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 14, 2015
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2913-2914)
May 14, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2913-2914)
May 13, 2015
Received in the Senate, read twice.
May 12, 2015
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 12, 2015
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 216). (text: CR H2846)
May 12, 2015
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2850)
May 12, 2015
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
May 12, 2015
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 606.
May 12, 2015
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2846-2848)
May 12, 2015
Mr. Reichert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 28, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 28, 2015
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
May 12, 2015 House · vote #216 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Passed 413–0 See who voted →
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, amounts paid: (1) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice as a public safety officer survivor's benefit or a public safety officer disability benefit, or (2) under a state program that provides compensation for surviving dependents of a public safety officer who has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. The tax exclusion does not apply to any amounts that would have been payable if the death of the public safety officer had occurred other than as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.

What's happening now May 22, 2015

Became Public Law No: 114-14.

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 Bill text 5 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 4
R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Apr 21, 2015
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Apr 14, 2015
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 13, 2015
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Apr 13, 2015
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Mar 19, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Feb 10, 2015
Costello, Ryan
· Jan 28, 2015
Reichert, David
· Jan 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 606: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-606/
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"H.R. 606: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-606/.
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H.R. 606, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-606/.
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