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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4036" measure-id="id116hr4036" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-07-25" update-date="2019-11-05">
<title>Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2019</title>
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<action-date>2019-07-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of&nbsp;length of service award&nbsp;plans as eligible deferred compensation plans for retirement plan purposes. It also exempts such length of service award plans from requirements&nbsp;relating to employee pension benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). </p>]]></summary-text>
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