Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act
Latest action · Jun 4, 2015 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 4, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), thus exempting such employers from PPACA requirements with respect to such volunteers.
The bill defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee of any government entity and any tax-exempt charitable organization whose only compensation is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of volunteer services, or (2) reasonable benefits (including length-of-service awards) and nominal fees customarily paid by similar entities for the services of volunteers.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2015 to May 11, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Aug 4, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | May 3, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | May 11, 2016 |
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 4, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2015Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 89, June 4, 2015, page H3915.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43981 | The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility Determination and the Potential Employer Penalty Archived | Report | Apr 22, 2016 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 33 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. | Identical bill | Mar 30, 2015 |
| S 420 | Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act | Identical bill | Feb 10, 2015 |
| HR 1191 | Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 | Identical bill | May 22, 2015 |
| HR 1991 | Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 6, 2017 |
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 ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
