A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses from gross income.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1856 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1856

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses 
                           from gross income.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2025

Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses 
                           from gross income.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF MILITARY BONUSES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 134 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``any qualified military 
benefit'' and inserting ``any bonus paid to a member of the uniformed 
services under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or any 
qualified military benefit''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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