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While some have called for a reduced role for U.S. troops in Africa following deadly attacks in Niger and Somalia, Rep. Richard Hudson is returning to America this weekend ready to advocate for more troops and resources on the continent.
Hudson, a Republican whose district includes Fort Bragg, spent two days with American military leaders overseeing the nation’s efforts on the African continent.
The House version of the 2019 defense-spending bill will contain a provision that increases funding for the Army Special Operations Command, and training for Special Forces (Green Berets). Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., introduced the provision as an amendment to the bill. To pay for the increase, money would be transferred from the Research Development Testing and Evaluation Account. The amendment cleared the House on June 28. Hudson’s district includes Joint Base Bragg-Pope, home of the 82ndAirborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps.
More special operators could receive a break on taxes next year.
The Special Operations Forces Tax Cut Act would grant tax breaks to troops based on their mission, rather than location. The bill would benefit troops who deploy outside of combat zones not formally recognized in the IRS' Combat Zone Tax Exclusion section.
The Combat Zone Tax Exclusion allows service members who deploy to certain combat zones to exclude income from federal tax filings. Qualifying regions for the tax exclusion are Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Arabian Peninsula.
More special operators could receive a break on taxes next year.
The Special Operations Forces Tax Cut Act would grant tax breaks to troops based on their mission, rather than location. The bill would benefit troops who deploy outside of combat zones not formally recognized in the IRS' Combat Zone Tax Exclusion section.
The Combat Zone Tax Exclusion allows service members who deploy to certain combat zones to exclude income from federal tax filings. Qualifying regions for the tax exclusion are Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Arabian Peninsula.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a “community engagement event” in North Carolina this summer, one of the next steps in the agency’s work on chemicals such as GenX and C8.
“I asked the Administrator to come to my district because I want him to hear directly from our community and because addressing the GenX issue remains a top priority from me,” Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N..C 8, said in the release. Hudson’s district runs from Concord to the Fayetteville area.
Bipartisan bills sponsored by U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican who represents the 8th District, passed the House of Representatives on Friday.
The bills are part of a package of legislation to combat the opioid crisis.
Hudson serves as a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel tasked with writing most of the nation’s health care laws. Recently, the committee has worked to learn more about how and why the opioid epidemic happened and what legislative solutions can be pursued.
If a North Carolina congressman gets his way, the families of some special operations troops will have a tax break in their future.
Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican whose district includes Fort Bragg, is pushing a measure to expand the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion, which protects the income of some deployed troops from federal income tax.
Hudson introduced a bill, the Special Operations Forces Tax Cut Act, earlier this year that would “modernize the law to reflect the current realities of warfare and ensure fairness for service members who serve in combat situations.”
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bill to deal with the opioid crisis Friday and sent it to the Senate.
- House passes opioid crisis bill 396 to 14
- Bill had bipartisan support
- Senate working on its own version
The measure, which passed 396 to 14, is considered the broadest of the bills that have gone through the chamber.
The bill is a package of dozens of individual House bills.
It includes several reforms, including:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 (H.R. 2851), legislation to combat fentanyl, a synthetic drug that is responsible for twice as many deaths in North Carolina as heroin.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee and local representative, voted in favor of the legislation.