Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 7, 2013)
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - 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).
What just happenedMar 7, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 7, 2013
- Mar 7, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Mar 7, 2013IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1271)
- Mar 7, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate