SENATE 1210116th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 4/11/2019
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-11 (00)
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.)
Cosponsors (14)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Patrick Toomey (R-PA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Doug Jones (D-AL)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
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