[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1974 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1974

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
 certain combat zone compensation of civilian employees of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2007

  Mr. Wolf (for himself, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Upton, Mr. Hayes, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Lincoln 
Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Akin, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Rogers of 
Michigan, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
 Virginia, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Van Hollen, and 
  Mr. Hoyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
 certain combat zone compensation of civilian employees of the United 
                                States.

    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 ``Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax 
Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR CERTAIN COMBAT ZONE 
              COMPENSATION OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to certain combat zone compensation of members of the Armed 
Forces) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after 
subsection (b) the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Civilian Employees of the United States Government.--
            ``(1) In general.--Gross income does not include so much of 
        the compensation as does not exceed the maximum amount 
        specified in subsection (b) for active service as an employee 
        of the United States for any month during any part of which 
        such employee--
                    ``(A) served in a combat zone, or
                    ``(B) was hospitalized as a result of wounds, 
                disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat 
                zone; but this subparagraph shall not apply for any 
                month beginning more than 2 years after the date of the 
                termination of combatant activities in such zone.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) Employee of the united states.--The term 
                `employee of the United States' has the meaning given 
                such term by section 2105 of title 5, United States 
                Code, and includes--
                            ``(i) an individual in the commissioned 
                        corps of the Public Health Service or the 
                        commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and 
                        Atmospheric Administration, and
                            ``(ii) an individual not otherwise 
                        described in the preceding provisions of this 
                        subparagraph who is treated as an employee of 
                        the United States or an agency thereof for 
                        purposes of section 911(b).
                    ``(B) Active service.--The term `active service' 
                means active Federal service by an employee of the 
                United States.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 2201(b) of such Code is amended by striking 
        ``112(c)'' both places it appears and inserting ``112(d)''.
            (2) The heading for section 112 of such Code is amended to 
        read as follows:

``SEC. 112. CERTAIN COMBAT ZONE COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.''.

            (3) The item relating to section 112 in the table of 
        sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
        is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 112. Certain combat zone compensation of members of the Armed 
                            Forces and civilian employees of the United 
                            States.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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