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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses from gross income.

S. 1856 Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) In committee
  1. Introduced May 22
  2. Committee May 22
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, May 22, 2025Next: Senate vote
524d ago May 22, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Final votes
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Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude military bonuses from gross income, meaning they would not be subject to federal income tax. Section 1, Exclusion of military bonuses: The bill modifies section 134(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to add that any bonus paid to a member of the uniformed services under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is excluded from gross income, alongside existing qualified military benefits. The change applies to taxable years starting after December 31, 2024.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in Senate (May 22, 2025), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 28, 2026.