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HR 3681 112th Congress House

One New Employee Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to pass-thru entities for hiring individuals who are unemployed and receive unemployment benefits.

Introduced: December 15, 2011 Introduced by: Webster, Daniel Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee hiringIncome tax creditsUnemployment
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 15, 2011
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 Latest action December 15, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

One New Employee Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain business entities, including S corporations, partnerships, trusts, estates, tax-exempt cooperatives, or sole proprietorships, a business-related tax credit for hiring individuals who received federal or state unemployment compensation for not less than one week in the one-year period prior to hiring.  Limits the maximum amount of such credit for each entity to $5,000. Terminates such credit after 2016.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 2
Gingrey, Phil
· Feb 1, 2012
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 1, 2012
Marchant, Kenny
· Feb 1, 2012
Posey, Bill
· Feb 1, 2012
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 1, 2012
Renacci, James
· Dec 20, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3681: One New Employee Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3681/
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"H.R. 3681: One New Employee Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3681/.
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