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HR 2502 115th Congress House

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017

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

Introduced: May 17, 2017 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsFiresIncome tax exclusionLaw enforcement officers
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax exclusion for compensation paid 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. The bill extends the exclusion to compensation received under a program established under the laws of any local government (currently, only state programs). This modification must take effect as if it were included in the enactment of the law that created the original tax exclusion (the Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2502: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2502/
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"H.R. 2502: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Update Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2502/.
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H.R. 2502, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2502/.
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