Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 14, 2019 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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Sep 22, 2020; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
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 Feb 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 29, February 14, 2019, page H2033.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1007 | Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 6, 2019 |
| S 1210 | Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 11, 2019 |
| HR 1994 | Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 3, 2019 |
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 increase and make permanent the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced 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.
