Patriot Penalty Elimination Act of 2005

The Patriot Penalty Elimination Act of 2005 was designed to reduce the financial burden on military reservists and National Guard members who experience a loss of income when called to active duty. The bill would have required the government to provide "income preservation pay" to eligible service members to help bridge the gap between their higher civilian salaries and their lower military pay, up to a limit of $50,000. Additionally, it proposed a tax credit for employers who continued to pay their employees while they were deployed overseas or hospitalized due to their service. These measures aimed to ensure that citizen-soldiers and their families did not face significant financial hardship as a direct result of their military service.