US Congress House Bill 376 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-9)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-25 - 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 2011- 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 2011

Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-01-20	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-01-20	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.

SB1911 (Same As) 2011-11-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/376/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr376/BILLS-112hr376ih.pdf