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H.R. 481 114th Congress House

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the work opportunity credit for hiring the long-term unemployed.

Introduced: January 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee hiringIncome tax creditsUnemploymentWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 22, 2015
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 Latest action January 22, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through December 31, 2017, 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 481: Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-481/
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"H.R. 481: Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-481/.
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H.R. 481, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-481/.
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