,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aa1    
#bjai,ms4 ,collins 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4            
,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4      
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 and ,mr4        
,rounds7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code of   
#aihf to increase and make permanent the
 exclusion for benefits provided to     
volunteer firefighters and emergency    
medical responders4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,volunteer ,responder ,incentive        
,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,benefits provided to volunteer         
firefighters and emergency medical      
responders  7a7 ,increase in dollar     
limitation on qualified payments        
,subparagraph 7,b7 of section           
#aci;,b7c77#b7 of the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf is amended by striking  

#cj and inserting #ej4  7b7             
,reimplementing and making permanent    
benefits ,section #aci;,b of the        
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended by striking subsection 7d74  7c7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this section shall apply to taxable    
years beginning after ,december #ca1    
#bjai4