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HR 7203 117th Congress House Taxation

HELPS Retirees Improvement Act of 2022

Introduced: July 13, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Mar 24, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 24, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wally Bunker Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Safety Retirees Improvement Act of 2022 or the HELPS Retirees Improvement Act of 2022

This bill increases from $3,000 to $6,000 the amount of the exclusion from gross income of distributions from a tax-exempt retirement plan for health and long-term care insurance for public safety officers. It also eliminates the requirement that insurance premiums must be paid directly to the provider of the accident or health plan or long-term care insurance contract as a condition of eligibility for the tax exclusion.

What's happening now March 24, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Aug 12, 2022
Kildee, Daniel
· Jul 13, 2022
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jul 7, 2022
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Jul 1, 2022
Johnson, Bill
· Jun 13, 2022
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · May 10, 2022
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · May 10, 2022
Spanberger, Abigail
· Mar 24, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7203: HELPS Retirees Improvement Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7203/
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"H.R. 7203: HELPS Retirees Improvement Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7203/.
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H.R. 7203, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7203/.
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