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HR 8538 116th Congress House Taxation Federal-Indian relations First responders and emergency personnel Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management State and local government operations Tax-exempt organizations

To allow certain governmental pension plans to include firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Oct 6, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 6, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands the coverage of tax-exempt governmental pension plans to include emergency response providers, such as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics,

What's happening now October 6, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Republican 5
Bishop, Dan
· Oct 6, 2020
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2020
Butterfield, G. K.
· Oct 6, 2020
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2020
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2020
McHenry, Patrick
· Oct 6, 2020
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2020
PRICE, DAVID
· Oct 6, 2020
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2020
Walker, Mark
· Oct 6, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8538: To allow certain governmental pension plans to include firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8538/
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"H.R. 8538: To allow certain governmental pension plans to include firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8538/.
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H.R. 8538, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8538/.
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