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S 2138 113th Congress Senate

Veterans Hiring Act

Official title: A bill to provide a payroll tax holiday for newly hired veterans.

Introduced: March 13, 2014 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee hiringEmployment taxesTax-exempt organizationsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 13, 2014
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 Latest action March 13, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Hiring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a 50% reduction in the rate of the employment tax for wages paid to a veteran who served on active duty in the Armed Forces and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Makes such reduced rate effective during the period of four consecutive calendar quarters beginning with the first day of the first such calendar quarter beginning after the enactment of this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2138: Veterans Hiring Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2138/
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"S. 2138: Veterans Hiring Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2138/.
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S. 2138, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2138/.
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