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S 1210 116th 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 2019

Introduced: April 11, 2019 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Apr 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 11, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1241 Related bill Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019
  • HR 1994 Related bill Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019
  • HR 1865 Related bill Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Republican 1
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Sep 8, 2020
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 25, 2019
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 22, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 11, 2019
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 11, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 11, 2019
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 11, 2019
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Apr 11, 2019
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 11, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1210: Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1210/
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"S. 1210: Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1210/.
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S. 1210, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1210/.
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