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S 3617 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health personnel Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Military civil functions Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Wages and earnings

A bill to require payment of hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2020 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Defense to pay hazardous duty pay during 2020 to active-duty regular or reserve servicemembers for duty related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Such pay shall be

  • not less than $150 a month,
  • retroactively applied,
  • provided in addition to any other pay and allowances to which the member is entitled, and
  • excluded as gross income for purposes of federal income taxation.
What's happening now May 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3617: A bill to require payment of hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3617/
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"S. 3617: A bill to require payment of hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3617/.
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S. 3617, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3617/.
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[S. 3617: A bill to require payment of hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3617/)
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