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H.R. 6429 · 109th Congress

Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2006

Law · 109-445 · Dec 21, 2006
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  1. House Introduced Dec 8, 2006
  2. Senate Passed Dec 9, 2006
  3. House Passed Dec 9, 2006
  4. President To the President Dec 19, 2006
  5. President Signed Dec 21, 2006
  6. Law Dec 21, 2006

Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2006 - Treats payments made to a family member before June 1, 2007, by a charitable foundation on behalf of any firefighter who died in the October 2006 Esperanza Incident in southern California as related to such foundation’s exempt function (and thus tax-exempt) if such payments are made in good…

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 21, 2006

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2006 - Treats payments made to a family member before June 1, 2007, by a charitable foundation on behalf of any firefighter who died in the October 2006 Esperanza Incident in southern California as related to such foundation’s exempt function (and thus tax-exempt) if such payments are made in good faith using a reasonable and objective formula which is consistently applied.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2006

Latest action (Dec 21, 2006): Became Public Law No: 109-445.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 8, 2006

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  1. House Introduced Dec 8, 2006
  2. Senate Passed Dec 9, 2006
  3. House Passed Dec 9, 2006
  4. President To the President Dec 19, 2006
  5. President Signed Dec 21, 2006
  6. Law Dec 21, 2006

No recorded floor vote found.