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Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act
To amend the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to apply to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Extends the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to members of the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.
- Requires the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Transportation to identify amounts improperly withheld from Coast Guard members' severance payments for tax purposes and report these findings within one year.
- Requires restoration of improperly withheld tax amounts to eligible Coast Guard members with combat-related injuries.
- Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that tax amounts are no longer improperly withheld from Coast Guard severance payments going forward, effective immediately upon enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/D000230.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Davis, Donald G. (D-NC) [#1]
2 cosponsors
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![Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/B001298.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Bacon, Don (R-NE) [#2] -
![Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/H001098.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. (R-AZ) [#8]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Donald G. Davis’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $19,150
- CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PH $13,200
- BERKSHIRE PARTNERS LLC $11,957
- GOOGLE $10,906
- GREYLOCK PARTNERS $9,900
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Donald G. Davis → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Apr 21, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. · house
- Apr 21, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Apr 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 21, 2025
Mr. Davis of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to apply to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and for other purposes.
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 “Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act”.
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF AMOUNTS IMPROPERLY WITHHELD FOR TAX PURPOSES FROM SEVERANCE PAYMENTS TO VETERANS OF THE COAST GUARD WITH COMBAT-RELATED INJURIES.
(a) Application to Members of the Coast Guard When the Coast Guard Is Not Operating as a Service in the Department of the Navy.—The Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-292; 10 U.S.C. 1212 note) is amended—
(1) in section 3(a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “(and the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard during the period in which it was operating as a service in the Department of Transportation)” after “the Secretary of Defense”; and
(B) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(i) in clause (i), by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)”;
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)”; and
(iii) in clause (iv), by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)”;
(2) in section 4—
(A) in the section heading, by inserting “and secretary of homeland security” after “secretary of defense”;
(B) by inserting “(and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy)” after “The Secretary of Defense”; and
(C) by striking “made by the Secretary” and inserting “made by the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard)”; and
(3) in section 5—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by inserting “(and the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard during the period in which it was operating as a service in the Department of Transportation)” after “the Secretary of Defense”; and
(ii) by striking “the Secretary to” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable) to”; and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, as applicable)”; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking “the Secretary” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy)”.
(b) Deadlines.—
(1) Identification of amounts improperly withheld and reporting.—The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out the requirements under—
(A) section 3(a) of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-292; 10 U.S.C. 1212 note), as amended by subsection (a)(1), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) section 5 of that Act, as amended by subsection
(a)(3), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Ensuring amounts are not improperly withheld.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out the requirements under section 4 of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-292; 10 U.S.C. 1212 note), as amended by subsection (a)(2), beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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