Public Law 113–63: To treat payments by charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments.Public Law63Public Law 113–63127 Stat. 6672013-12-202013-12-20United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-03113publicPUBLIC LAW 113–63—DEC. 20, 2013127 STAT. 667Public Law113–63113th CongressAn ActTo treat payments by charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments.
Dec. 20, 2013
[H.R. 3458]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Fallen Firefighters
Assistance Tax
Clarification Act
of 2013.
New York.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act of 2013”.SEC. 2. PAYMENTS BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FIREFIGHTERS TREATED AS EXEMPT PAYMENTS.(a) In General.—For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, payments made to—(1) any firefighter who was injured as a result of the ambush of firefighters responding to an emergency on December 24, 2012, in Webster, New York,(2) the spouse of any firefighter who died as a result of such ambush, or(3) any dependent (as defined in section 152 of such Code) of any firefighter who died as a result of such ambush,by an organization described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 509(a) of such Code shall be treated as related to the purpose or function constituting the basis for such organization’s exemption under section 501 of such Code if such payments are made in good faith using a reasonable and objective formula which is consistently applied.(b) Application.—Subsection (a) shall apply only to payments made on or after December 24, 2012, and before the later of—(1) January 1, 2014, or(2) the date which is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.ApprovedDecember 20, 2013.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3458:CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013):