# 119-hr-3515: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses from gross income.

119-hr-3515, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses from gross income., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3515
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude military bonuses from gross income.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Excludes military bonuses from gross income.** This bill would amend section 134(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to add bonuses paid to members of the uniformed services under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code to the list of excluded amounts while keeping existing qualified military benefits excluded. The change would let eligible service members exclude those chapter 5 bonuses from gross income for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, lowering taxable income for recipients.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tax break for military bonuses: benefit, medium. If enacted, members of the uniformed services who get a chapter 5 bonus could exclude it from federal taxable income. This would lower the tax you owe on that bonus. It would apply to tax years beginning after December 31, 2024. The bill would keep the current exclusion for other qualified military…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3515 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3515)

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- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [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-1004: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1004)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3515 (as of 2026-04-21).