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HR 3726 113th Congress House Taxation Employee hiring Income tax credits Unemployment Wages and earnings

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Introduced: December 12, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 12, 2013
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Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through December 31, 2016, a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified long-term unemployed individual.  Defines "qualified long-term unemployed individual" as any individual certified by the designated local agency as: (1) having exhausted, as of the hiring date, all rights to regular compensation under federal or state law; (2) having no rights to regular compensation with respect to the most recent week ending before the hiring date; and (3) not receiving compensation under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.

What's happening now December 12, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4082 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity tax credit and to provide such credit for hir…
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 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 11
D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Sep 17, 2014
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 29, 2014
KING, PETER
· Apr 4, 2014
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 11, 2014
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jan 28, 2014
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jan 27, 2014
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 15, 2014
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jan 14, 2014
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 14, 2014
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jan 14, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jan 14, 2014
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jan 9, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 8, 2014
Schwartz, Allyson
· Jan 8, 2014
Vela, Filemon
· Jan 8, 2014
Reed, Tom
· Dec 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3726: Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3726/
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"H.R. 3726: Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3726/.
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H.R. 3726, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3726/.
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