HR 1550
115th Congress
House
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 2017
Introduced: March 15, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 15, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017
This bill amends the 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 dollar limitation on the exclusion, and (2) make the tax exclusion permanent. (Under current law, the exclusion expired in 2010.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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