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Supporting America’s First Responders Act of 2019
Legislative Progress
Introduced
December 6, 2019
Latest Action
December 6, 2019
Primary Sponsor
Bill Pascrell, Jr.Democratic(NJ)
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Supporting America's First Responders Act of 2019 This bill allows a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for expenses of first responders up to $500. Those expenses are for (1) tuition or fees for professional development courses related to service as a first responder, or (2) uniforms used by the first responder. The bill defines "first responder" as any individual who is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician for at least 1,000 hours during the taxable year.
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Filing registrants (2)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 748/S. 684, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, which would repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes a 40% Cadillac tax on health care plans most likely to be used by law enforcement and other public safety officers; H.R. 141/S. 521, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law; H.R. 4540 (Neal, D-MA), the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable and individualized calculation of Social Security benefits while ensuring that no workers will be negatively impacted by the new formula; H.R. 4897, the Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act, which would increase the pretax benefit from $3,000 to $6,000 for public safety employees to pay for premiums on health care and long-term care insurance; H.R. 5342, the Supporting Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a new above-the-line deduction for law enforcement and other public safety officers and which was incorporated into H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for State and Localities Act; and S. 710, the Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset for those serving as law enforcement officers or firefighters.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
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Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 748/S. 684, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, which would repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes a 40% Cadillac tax on health care plans most likely to be used by law enforcement and other public safety officers; H.R. 141/S. 521, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law; H.R. 4540 (Neal, D-MA), the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable and individualized calculation of Social Security benefits while ensuring that no workers will be negatively impacted by the new formula; H.R. 4897, the Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act, which would increase the pretax benefit from $3,000 to $6,000 for public safety employees to pay for premiums on health care and long-term care insurance; H.R. 5342, the Supporting Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a new above-the-line deduction for law enforcement and other public safety officers and which was incorporated into H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for State and Localities Act; and S. 710, the Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset for those serving as law enforcement officers or firefighters.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 748/S. 684, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, which would repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes a 40% Cadillac tax on health care plans most likely to be used by law enforcement and other public safety officers; H.R. 141/S. 521, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law; H.R. 4540 (Neal, D-MA), the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable and individualized calculation of Social Security benefits while ensuring that no workers will be negatively impacted by the new formula; H.R. 4897, the Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act, which would increase the pretax benefit from $3,000 to $6,000 for public safety employees to pay for premiums on health care and long-term care insurance; H.R. 5342, the Supporting Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a new above-the-line deduction for law enforcement and other public safety officers and which was incorporated into H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for State and Localities Act; and S. 710, the Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset for those serving as law enforcement officers or firefighters.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 748/S. 684, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, which would repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes a 40% Cadillac tax on health care plans most likely to be used by law enforcement and other public safety officers; H.R. 141/S. 521, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law; H.R. 4540 (Neal, D-MA), the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable and individualized calculation of Social Security benefits while ensuring that no workers will be negatively impacted by the new formula; H.R. 4897, the Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act, which would increase the pretax benefit from $3,000 to $6,000 for public safety employees to pay for premiums on health care and long-term care insurance; H.R. 5342, the Supporting Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a new above-the-line deduction for law enforcement and other public safety officers and which was incorporated into H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for State and Localities Act; and S. 710, the Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset for those serving as law enforcement officers or firefighters.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 5342, the "Supporting America's First Responders Act of 2019," a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain expenses of first responders as an above-the-line deduction; entire bill. S. 1278, the "Putting First Responders First Act," a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow first responders to continue to exclude service-connected disability pension payments after reaching the age of retirement; entire bill. H.R. 6379, the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, legislation to provide emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 to respond to the coronavirus pandemic; proposals to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain expenses, including the purchase of personal protective equipment, of first responders as an above-the-line deduction, extend tax relief for disability compensation for public safety officers injured in the line of duty, and increase the allowable amount of retirement benefits that can be used for healthcare expenses. Legislative proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain expenses of first responders as an above-the-line deduction, exclude certain disability-related first responder retirement payments from gross income, and increase the amount excluded from gross income by reason of distributions from governmental retirement plans for health and long-term care insurance for public safety officers (no bill introduced).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 5342, the "Supporting America's First Responders Act of 2019," a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain expenses of first responders as an above-the-line deduction; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 748/S. 684, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, which would repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes a 40% Cadillac tax on health care plans most likely to be used by law enforcement and other public safety officers; H.R. 141/S. 521, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law; H.R. 4540 (Neal, D-MA), the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable and individualized calculation of Social Security benefits while ensuring that no workers will be negatively impacted by the new formula; H.R. 4897, the Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act, which would increase the pretax benefit from $3,000 to $6,000 for public safety employees to pay for premiums on health care and long-term care insurance; H.R. 5342, the Supporting Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a new above-the-line deduction for law enforcement and other public safety officers and which was incorporated into H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for State and Localities Act; and S. 710, the Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset for those serving as law enforcement officers or firefighters.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office