Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
Latest action · May 22, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-14.
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2015
- Passed SenateMay 14, 2015
- To the PresidentMay 18, 2015
- Became lawMay 22, 2015Public Law 114-14
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, amounts paid: (1) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice as a public safety officer survivor's benefit or a public safety officer disability benefit, or (2) under a state program that provides compensation for surviving dependents of a public safety officer who has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. The tax exclusion does not apply to any amounts that would have been payable if the death of the public safety officer had occurred other than as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 216 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed413–0 | May 12, 2015 |
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2015 to Apr 30, 2015; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Feb 27, 2015 | |
| R-NH | Frank C. Guinta | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Apr 30, 2015 |
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 Jan 28, 2015 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2015Signed by President.
- May 22, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-14.
- May 18, 2015Presented to President.
- May 14, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2913-2914)
- May 14, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate · Extensions | Debate and remarks E706, S2913 | Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Kelly Ayotte R-NH, Raul Ruiz D-CA | May 14, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2846–H2848Text printed H2846Recorded votes H2850enact | Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Brenda L. Lawrence D-MI, David G. Reichert R-WA, Erik Paulsen R-MN | May 12, 2015 |
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. 14, January 28, 2015, page H663.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
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Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 279 | Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act | Identical bill | Jan 28, 2015 |
| S 322 | Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act | Identical bill | Jan 29, 2015 |
| S 916 | Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act | Identical bill | Apr 14, 2015 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 13, 2015Received in Senate
- May 12, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jan 28, 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.
