Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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25 cosponsors · 18 D, 7 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009 - 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…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 30, 2009

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).

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009

Latest action (May 14, 2009): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 30, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.