US Congress House Bill 1009 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-10)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations exempting a length of service award program from treatment as an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013

Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]
Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2013-03-06	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-03-06	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-03-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB506 (Related) 2013-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1009/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1009/BILLS-113hr1009ih.pdf