[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1393 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1393

  To ensure that tax-exempt status and other benefits afforded under 
  Operation Enduring Freedom are also provided to United States Armed 
                      Forces personnel in Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2003

Mr. Janklow (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Mario Diaz-
    Balart of Florida, Mr. McNulty, and Mr. Platts) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that tax-exempt status and other benefits afforded under 
  Operation Enduring Freedom are also provided to United States Armed 
                      Forces personnel in Israel.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Armed Forces Tax Fairness and 
Justice Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF BENEFITS UNDER OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

    For purposes of all benefits afforded, as a result of the 
Operational Deployment Order issued by the President in January 2003, 
to United States Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation 
Enduring Freedom, the geographic area encompassed by the applicability 
of those benefits shall be deemed to include Israel.

SEC. 3. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.

     Section 2 shall take effect as of February 1, 2003.
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