United States 115th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 15 R · 2 D cosponsors

HR 5860 — Putting Our First-Responders First Act of 2018

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Putting Our First-Responders First Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow first responders to exclude from gross income certain service-connected disability payments received as part of a pension or annuity after reaching the age of retirement. The bill applies to law enforcement officers, employees in fire protection activities, and individuals who provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill allows first responders to continue excluding service-connected disability pension payments from their gross income after reaching retirement age.

  • Section 104

    (d) Special Rule for First Responder Service-Connected Disability Payments After Age of Retirement.-- (1) In general.--In the case of an individual who receives a service-connected disability excludable amount, gross income shall not include such amount of any retirement pension or annuity which-- (A) is received by such individual with respect to the service to which the service-connected disability excludable amount relates, (B) is determined by reference to the individual's age, length of service, or contributions, and (C) does not exceed the service-connected disability excludable amount (determined on an annualized basis under such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary may prescribe). (2) Service-connected disability excludable amount.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 'service-connected disability excludable amount' means an amount received by an individual which ceases upon reaching retirement age and is not includible in gross income under subsection (a)(1) by reason of a service-connected disability as a law enforcement officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968), an employee in fire protection activities (as such term is defined in section 3(y) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938), or an individual who provides out-of-hospital emergency medical care (including emergency medical technician, paramedic, or first-responder).

    This addition establishes a special rule that allows qualifying first responders to exclude certain retirement payments from their gross income even after they have reached retirement age.

  • Section 104

    subsection (d) → subsection (e)

    This change redesignates the existing subsection (d) to (e) to accommodate the insertion of the new rules for first responders.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsors

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 5860 do?
Putting Our First-Responders First Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow first responders to exclude from gross income certain service-connected disability payments received as part of a pension or annuity after reaching the age of retirement. The bill applies to law enforcement officers, employees in fire protection activities, and individuals who provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care.
Who sponsors HR 5860?
HR 5860 is sponsored by Posey, Bill (Republican), Huizenga, Bill (Republican), Flores, Bill (Republican), Roe, David P. (Republican), Weber, Randy K. Sr. (Republican), Kind, Ron (Democratic), Meadows, Mark (Republican), Cook, Paul (Republican), Johnson, Bill (Republican), DesJarlais, Scott (Republican), Latta, Robert E. (Republican), Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Republican), Mooney, Alexander X. (Republican), Rogers, Mike D. (Republican), Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (Democratic), Lesko, Debbie (Republican), and Norman, Ralph (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 5860?
This bill died with 115th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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