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S 3496 114th Congress Senate

Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make elective deferrals o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make elective deferrals on the basis of their service to the Ready Reserve and on the basis of their other employment.

Introduced: December 5, 2016 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced in the Senate: CR S6709)
Dec 5, 2016
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 Latest action December 5, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced in the Senate: CR S6709)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make the maximum allowable contribution ($18,000 in 2016) to their Thrift Savings Plans without limiting the amount such members may contribute to a retirement plan based upon other employment. The bill also doubles the maximum allowable contribution amount to the Thrift Savings Plans of federal employees in the Ready Reserve.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4381 Identical bill Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3496: Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3496/
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"S. 3496: Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3496/.
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S. 3496, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3496/.
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