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HR 2619 114th Congress House

Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to Patriot employers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 2, 2015 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 2, 2015
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a Patriot employer a business-related tax credit for up to 10% of the first $15,000 of wages paid to any employee in a taxable year. Sets forth criteria for designation as a Patriot employer, including requirements that such employer: (1) maintains its headquarters in the United States and does not expatriate to avoid payment of U.S. income taxes, (2) complies with the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (3) compensates at least 90% of its employees at a level that is 156% of the federal poverty level for a family of three and provides 90% of its employees with a basic level of retirement benefits, (4) provides for differential wage payments to its employees who are members of the Uniformed Services, and (5) increases the number of its employees performing substantially all of their services inside the United States to offset the number of employees who work outside the United States.

Sets forth a rule for the deferral of the tax deduction for foreign-related interest expense.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2619: Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2619/
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"H.R. 2619: Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2619/.
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H.R. 2619, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2619/.
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