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S 673 115th Congress Senate

Savings for Servicemembers Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to decrease the distance away from home required for a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to b… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to decrease the distance away from home required for a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to be eligible for the above-the-line deduction for travel expenses.

Introduced: March 21, 2017 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Taxation Income tax deductionsMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reservesTransportation costs
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It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 21, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 21, 2017
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 Latest action March 21, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Savings for Servicemembers Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 100 miles to 50 miles the distance from home requirement for the tax deduction for the travel expenses of a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 21, 2017
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 21, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 673: Savings for Servicemembers Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-673/
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"S. 673: Savings for Servicemembers Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-673/.
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