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<item congress="114" measure-type="s" measure-number="3496" measure-id="id114s3496" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2016-12-05" update-date="2016-12-13">
<title>Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s3496v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2016-12-13">
<action-date>2016-12-05</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make the maximum allowable contribution ($18,000 in 2016) to their Thrift Savings Plans without limiting the amount such members may contribute to a retirement plan based upon other employment. The bill also doubles the maximum allowable contribution amount to the Thrift Savings Plans of federal employees in the Ready Reserve. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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