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GRACE for Military Survivors Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time period for the contribution of military death benefits to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts.

Introduced Jun 25, 2026

Latest action (Jun 25, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

Summary
  • Extends the time period for contributing military death benefits to Roth IRAs from one year to three years.
  • Extends the time period for contributing military death benefits to Coverdell education savings accounts from one year to three years.
  • Applies the extension to military death benefit amounts received on or after the date the bill is enacted.
  • Applies the extension retroactively to military death benefit amounts received between October 7, 2001, and the date of enactment, if contributions are made within three years of receiving the amounts or one year after enactment, whichever is later.

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)
41 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

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

  • NULL $40,981
  • TRINCHERO FAMILY ESTATES $21,406
  • NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL $16,115
  • PISCES, INC. $9,900
  • JACKSON FAMILY WINES $9,900

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

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 25, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Jun 25, 2026 Introduced in House

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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 6812 — Gulf War Survivor Benefits Update Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 7908 — 20-Year Promise Act · Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 333 — Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act · Introduced Feb 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 680 — Caring for Survivors Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 611 — Caring for Survivors Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 9207 — Military Pension Protection Act · Introduced Jun 8, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 25, 2026

Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Steube, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Norton, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Harrigan, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mr. Thanedar) 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 extend the time period for the contribution of military death benefits to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts.

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 “GRACE for Military Survivors Act”.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR CONTRIBUTION OF MILITARY DEATH BENEFITS TO ROTH IRAS AND COVERDELL EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

(a) In General.—Sections 408A(e)(2)(A) and 530(d)(9)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by striking “1-year period” and inserting “3-year period”.

(b) Effective Dates.—

(1) In general.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts received under section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, or section 1967 of title 38 of such Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) Application of amendments to amounts received between october 7, 2001 and before enactment.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to any contribution made pursuant to section 408A(e)(2)(A) or 530(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this Act, with respect to amounts received under section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, or section 1967 of title 38 of such Code, on or after October 7, 2001, and before the date of the enactment of this Act, if such contribution is made before the later of—

(A) the date which is 3 years after the date on which such amounts were so received, or

(B) the date which is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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