S 1238
115th 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 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 25, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2017
This bill 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 the tax exclusion permanent.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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