S 837 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Savings for Ser­vice­mem­bers Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Savings for Servicemembers Act

This bill reduces from 100 miles to 50 miles the distance away from home required for a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to be eligible for the above-the-line tax deduction for travel expenses. (Above-the-line tax deductions are subtracted from gross income to arrive at adjusted gross income.)

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 14, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCThom TillisOriginalMar 14, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 14, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2019Introduced in Senate

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