HR 2353 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011

Introduced Jun 24, 2011 Originated House Sponsor John B. Larson D-CT

Latest action · Jun 24, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 24, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local government by: (1) increasing the amount of benefits excludible, and (2) extending such tax exclusion through 2015.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2011 to Nov 13, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WA	David G. Reichert	Original	Jun 24, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Jun 24, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham	Original	Jun 24, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Aug 1, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Sep 15, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Sep 15, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden		Sep 15, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		Oct 5, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Oct 5, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Oct 5, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Oct 5, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Oct 5, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Oct 5, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 31, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller		Nov 3, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Nov 3, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Nov 3, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Nov 3, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Nov 4, 2011
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Nov 4, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Dec 1, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Dec 16, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Dec 16, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Dec 16, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Dec 16, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jan 24, 2012
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Feb 7, 2012
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 27, 2012
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Mar 28, 2012
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Apr 17, 2012
R-TX	Ron Paul		Apr 27, 2012
R-IA	Steve King		May 7, 2012
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 8, 2012
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 15, 2012
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		May 18, 2012
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		May 30, 2012
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		May 31, 2012
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 26, 2012
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jul 11, 2012
R-MD	Andy Harris		Sep 13, 2012
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Sep 19, 2012
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Oct 9, 2012
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Nov 13, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 24, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
Jun 24, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4575.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 933	Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011	Related bill	May 10, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.
Short Titles as Introduced: Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House

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