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H.R. 4840 114th Congress House

Hire For a Second Chance Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the maximum wages allowed under the work opportunity tax credit for ex-felons, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 22, 2016 Introduced by: Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Taxation Correctional facilities and imprisonmentEmployee hiringIncome tax creditsWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 22, 2016
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 Latest action March 22, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hire For a Second Chance Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the work opportunity tax credit, to: (1) make such credit permanent; (2) increase to $14,000, for ex-felons, the amount of wages that may be taken into account for purposes of computing the credit; and (3) increase from one to three years the period after the conviction or release of an ex-felon during which an employer may hire an ex-felon and claim a work opportunity tax credit for such hiring.

 Related & companion bills 1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4840: Hire For a Second Chance Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4840/
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"H.R. 4840: Hire For a Second Chance Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4840/.
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