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HR 3003 114th Congress House

Jobs for Heroes Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the work opportunity credit for hiring individuals who are veterans or members of the Ready Reserve or Nati… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the work opportunity credit for hiring individuals who are veterans or members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard, to make permanent the work opportunity credit, and to expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services.

Introduced: July 9, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee hiringIncome tax creditsNational Guard and reservesVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 9, 2015
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 Latest action July 9, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jobs for Heroes Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the work opportunity tax credit, to: (1) revise the definition of "qualified veteran" to expand the eligibility of veterans for such credit, (2) allow such credit for the hiring of a qualified member of the Ready Reserve or National Guard, and (3) make such credit permanent.

Revises the tax credit for differential wage payments made by employers on behalf of Members of the Uniformed Services to: (1) extend eligibility for such credit to an employer without regard to the size of such employer's workforce, and (2) make such credit permanent. 

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Feb 8, 2016
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jul 9, 2015
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 9, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3003: Jobs for Heroes Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3003/
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"H.R. 3003: Jobs for Heroes Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3003/.
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H.R. 3003, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3003/.
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