S 609
114th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2015
Introduced: February 27, 2015
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 27, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2015
Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local governments, to: (1) increase the amount of benefits excludible; and (2) make such tax exclusion available for taxable years beginning in 2015, 2016, or 2017.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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