A bill to require payment of hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and for other purposes.

2020-05-06

Introduced in Senate

This bill requires the Department of Defense to pay hazardous duty pay during 2020 to active-duty regular or reserve servicemembers for duty related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Such pay shall be

not less than $150 a month,
retroactively applied,
provided in addition to any other pay and allowances to which the member is entitled, and
excluded as gross income for purposes of federal income taxation.

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