,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bach  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjag,mr4
 ,mc,caul introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
provide that members of the ,armed      
,forces performing services in the      
,sinai ,peninsula of ,egypt 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    
,sinai ,service ,recognition ,act4  #b4 
,treatment of certain individuals       
performing services in the ,sinai       
,peninsula of ,egypt  7a7 ,in general   
,for purposes of the following          
provisions of the ,internal ,revenue    
,code of #aihf1 a qualified hazardous   
duty area shall be treated in the same  
manner as if it were a combat zone 7as  
determined under section #aab of such   
,code73  7#a7 ,section #b7;a77#c7       
7relating to special rule where deceased

 spouse was in missing status74  7#b7   
,section #aab 7relating to the exclusion
 of certain combat pay of members of the
 ,armed ,forces74  7#c7 ,section #fib   
7relating to income taxes of members of 
,armed ,forces on death74  7#d7 ,section
 #bbja 7relating to members of the      
,armed ,forces dying in combat zone or  
by reason of combat-zone-incurred       
wounds1 etc474  7#e7 ,section           
#cdja7;a77#a7 7defining wages relating  
to combat pay for members of the ,armed 
,forces74  7#f7 ,section #dbec7;d7      
7relating to the taxation of phone      
service originating from a combat zone  
from members of the ,armed ,forces74    
7#g7 ,section #fjac7;f77#a7 7relating to
 joint return where individual is in    
missing status74  7#h7 ,section #gejh   
7relating to time for performing certain
 acts postponed by reason of service in 
combat zone74  7b7 ,qualified hazardous 
duty area ,for purposes of this section1
 the term qualified hazardous duty area 
means the ,sinai ,peninsula of ,egypt1  

if as of the date of the enactment of   
this section any member of the ,armed   
,forces of the ,united ,states is       
entitled to special pay under section   
#caj of title #cg1 ,united ,states ,code
 7relating to special pay2 duty subject 
to hostile fire or imminent danger71 for
 services performed in such location4   
,such term includes such location only  
during the period such entitlement is in
 effect4  7c7 ,effective date  7#a7 ,in 
general ,except as provided in paragraph
 7#b71 the provisions of this section   
shall take effect on ,june #i1 #bjae4   
7#b7 ,withholding ,subsection 7a77#e7   
shall apply to remuneration paid after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act4