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HR 3402 112th Congress House

Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors.

Introduced: November 10, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation Disability and paralysisEmployee hiringIncome tax creditsU.S. territories and protectoratesVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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Nov 10, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 10, 2011
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 Latest action November 10, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amount of wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for veterans who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($14,000 of first-year wages) or disabled veterans who are either hired within one year after discharge from active duty ($12,000 of first-year wages) or who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($24,000 of first-year wages), and (2) allow tax-exempt organizations to claim the lesser of the amount of the work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans or the amount of the payroll taxes paid by such organizations during the calendar year.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3384 Related bill Wounded Warriors Employment Opportunity Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 15
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 16, 2011
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Nov 14, 2011
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Nov 14, 2011
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 14, 2011
JACKSON, JESSE
· Nov 14, 2011
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 14, 2011
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 14, 2011
ACKERMAN, GARY
· Nov 10, 2011
Altmire, Jason
· Nov 10, 2011
BRADY, ROBERT
· Nov 10, 2011
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Nov 10, 2011
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Nov 10, 2011
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Nov 10, 2011
HOLDEN, TIM
· Nov 10, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 10, 2011
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Nov 10, 2011
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Nov 10, 2011
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 10, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3402: Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3402/
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"H.R. 3402: Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3402/.
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H.R. 3402, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3402/.
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