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H.R. 1317: Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act

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H.R. 1317: Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-02 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act

Plain summary

Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make the maximum allowable contribution ($18,000 in 2017) to their Thrift Savings Plans (TSPs) without limiting the amount such members may contribute to a retirement plan based upon other employment. The bill also doubles the maximum allowable contribution amount to the TSPs of federal employees in the Ready Reserve who are not eligible to make contributions to any plan other than the TSP.

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Official text

Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · 47 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian Babin (R-TX), J. French Hill (R-AR), Pete Sessions (R-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Mike Kelly (R-PA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1317 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115