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Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain combat zone compensation of certain servicemembers relating to remotely piloted aircraft from gross income.
Summary
HR 6912 expands the tax exemption for servicemembers' combat zone compensation to include remotely piloted aircraft operations. Currently, servicemembers do not pay federal income tax on compensation for serving in designated combat zones. The bill extends this exclusion to include compensation for operating remotely piloted aircraft in combat zones and providing intelligence, targeting, or command and control support to such operations, as certified by the Secretary of Defense. The change applies to compensation received in taxable years after enactment.
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Actions (2)
- Dec 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Dec 19, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 19, 2025
Mr. Horsford (for himself and Ms. Leger Fernandez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain combat zone compensation of certain servicemembers relating to remotely piloted aircraft from gross income.
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 “Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COMBAT ZONE COMPENSATION EXCLUSION.
(a) In General.—Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended in subsections (a) and (b) by inserting “including the operation of a remotely piloted aircraft when such aircraft is in a combat zone and the provision of intelligence, targeting, or command and control that is certified by the Secretary of Defense to be in direct support of such operation,” after “served in a combat zone,” both places such term appears.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to compensation received in taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this section for periods of active service after such date. <all>
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