Congress 109 - HR 6027 - Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2006

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Accounting Administrative procedure Cost of living adjustments Department of Labor Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Finance and Financial Sector Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Health Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Labor and Employment Law Paramedical personnel Social Welfare Tax-deferred compensation plans Taxation Volunteer workers

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Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and emergency rescue services.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations exempting a length of service award program from treatment as an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

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Sep 28, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Aug 2, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 2, 2006

Introduced in House

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