Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-7605
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-07-13
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard

Tax reform and tax simplification

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act</b> <at > </p> <p>This bill extends the provisions of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to the Department of Homeland Security, with respect to the U.S. Coast Guard when it is not operating in the Department of the Navy. That act directed the Department of Defense to identify (1) certain disability severance payments paid after January 17, 1991, to to veterans with combat-related injuries, from which it withheld amounts for tax purposes; and (2) the individuals to whom such severance payments were made.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7605 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2020 Mr. Vela (for himself and Mr. Mitchell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , 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 A BILL To amend the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to apply to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act . 2. Restoration of amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to veterans of the Coast Guard with combat-related injuries (a) Application to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy The Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–292 ; 10 U.S.C. 1212 note) is amended— (1) in section 3(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting (or the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy) after the Secretary of Defense ; and (2) in section 4— (A) in the heading, by inserting and Secretary of Homeland Security after Secretary of Defense ; (B) by inserting or the Secretary of Homeland Security after The Secretary of Defense ; and (C) by striking made by the Secretary and inserting made by that Secretary . (b) Deadlines The Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out the amendments made by subsection (a)— (1) in paragraph (1), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) in paragraph (2), on and after the date of the enactment of this Act.