HR 1241
116th 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 2019
Introduced: February 14, 2019
Introduced by:
Larson, John B.
Democratic
· Connecticut
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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 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019
This bill modifies the tax exclusion for tax benefits and qualified payments provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by a state or local government to (1) increase the dollar limitation for qualified payments, and (2) make the tax exclusion permanent. (Under current law, the exclusion expired at the end of 2010.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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