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No Tax on Drill Pay Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income compensation received in connection with inactive-duty training.

Introduced Mar 12, 2026

Latest action (Mar 12, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Taxation
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Excludes from gross income compensation received for inactive-duty training by military members.
  • Adds this exclusion to the definition of "qualified military benefit" under Section 134 of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • Applies to compensation received after the date of enactment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Andy Barr’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $274,323
  • BANC OF CALIFORNIA $60,083
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $32,200
  • BLACKSTONE $28,900
  • WELLS FARGO $23,366

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Andy Barr → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 12, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Mar 12, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 6189 — Service Members Tax Relief Act · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 9207 — Military Pension Protection Act · Introduced Jun 8, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 6912 — Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief Act · Introduced Dec 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 6970 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income the earnings from certain overseas deployments of members of the Armed Forces. · Introduced Jan 7, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 3246 — Service Members Tax Relief Act · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 2670 — FIGHTER Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 12, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 12, 2026

Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. Miller of Ohio, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) 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 from gross income compensation received in connection with inactive-duty training.

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 “No Tax on Drill Pay Act”.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING COMPENSATION.

(a) In General.—Section 134(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(7) Inactive-duty training compensation.—The term ‘qualified military benefit’ includes any compensation received in connection with inactive-duty training (as defined in section 101(d)(7) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect at the time of the receipt of such compensation).”.

(b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 134(b)(3)(A) of such Code is amended by striking “paragraphs (4) and (5)” and inserting “paragraphs (4), (5), and (7)”.

(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to compensation received after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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