# 119-hr-2973: Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act

119-hr-2973, Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2973
- Congress: 119
- Title: Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Extend tax fairness to Coast Guard combat-injured veterans' severance pay.** This bill would apply the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to Coast Guard members when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service of the Navy and assign implementation to the appropriate civilian secretaries. - Combat-injured Coast Guard members and their families would regain access to the same severance-pay tax protections and potential refunds already available to other service branches. - The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Transportation would have 1 year to identify and report amounts that were improperly withheld from past severance payments. - The Secretary of Homeland Security would be required to implement the amended withholding rules on enactment so future severance payments are not improperly taxed.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tax fix for Coast Guard combat-injury severance: benefit, medium. If enacted, this would extend the 2016 tax relief to Coast Guard members with combat-related injuries. DHS would have to stop and fix wrong tax withholding on their severance starting on the date of enactment, when the Coast Guard is not serving in the Navy. DHS and DOT would have one year after en…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1518: New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2973 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2973)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1518: New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1518)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2973 (as of 2026-04-21).