,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bife  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,cruz introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide that members of  
the ,armed ,forces performing hazardous 
humanitarian services in ,west ,africa  
to combat the spread of the #bjad ,ebola
 virus outbreak shall be entitled to tax
 benefits in the same manner as if such 
services were performed in a combat     
zone4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,operation ,united      
,assistance ,tax ,exclusion ,act of     
#bjad4  #b4 ,treatment of certain       
hazardous humanitarian service as combat
 zone service for purposes of the combat
 zone compensation exclusion  7a7 ,in   
general ,for purposes of section #aab of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 
service by a qualified member of the    
,armed ,forces during ,operation ,united
 ,assistance shall be treated as service

 in a combat zone in the same manner as 
if the ,president of the ,united ,states
 had by ,executive order designated the 
,ebola virus disease outbreak area as an
 area of combat under section           
#aab7;c77#b7 of such ,code4  7b7        
,definitions  7#a7 ,qualified member of 
the ,armed ,forces ,the term qualified  
member of the ,armed ,forces means a    
member of the ,armed ,forces serving in 
,operation ,united ,assistance who is   
required to undergo a program of not    
less than #ba days of controlled        
monitoring in a controlled monitoring   
area upon the individual's return from  
the ,ebola virus disease outbreak area4 
7#b7 ,operation ,united ,assistance ,the
 term ,operation ,united ,assistance    
means the mission beginning in          
,september #bjad in the ,ebola virus    
disease outbreak area4  7#c7 ,ebola     
virus disease outbreak area ,the term   
,ebola virus disease outbreak area means
 ,liberia1 ,sierra ,leone1 and ,guinea1 
and any other region designated by the  

,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention as experiencing a widespread
 ,ebola virus disease outbreak as of the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4