H.R. 694: Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015
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H.R. 694: Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-03 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015
Plain summary
Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015 Provides for a tax exclusion of compensation paid to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Operation United Assistance in the Ebola virus disease outbreak area (i.e., Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and any other region designated as experiencing a widespread Ebola virus disease outbreak). Requires that such service member undergo a program of at least 21 days of controlled monitoring upon return from the outbreak area.
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Official text
Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · 2 cosponsors
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John R. Carter (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr694.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr694 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114