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S. 322 114th Congress Senate

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income.

Introduced: February 2, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementIncome tax exclusionLaw enforcement officers
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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 29, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 29, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 29, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 916 Identical bill Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
  • S 279 Identical bill Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
  • HR 606 Identical bill Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 10, 2015
Toomey, Patrick
· Feb 2, 2015
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jan 29, 2015
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jan 29, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 322: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-322/
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"S. 322: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-322/.
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S. 322, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-322/.
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