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HR 2700 115th Congress House

Workforce Development Investment Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to improve w… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students and a credit against income tax for certain expenses of job training programs.

Introduced: May 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsEmployment and training programsHigher educationIncome tax creditsTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 2017
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 Latest action May 25, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Workforce Development Investment Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $5,000 for each community college, other institution of higher education, or area career and technical education school engaged in a qualified partnership with the employer. The bill allows a maximum credit of $20,000 in any taxable year.

Within six months of the enactment of this bill, the Department of Education must define the term "qualified partnership." The term must include a partnership through which an employer: (1) collaborates with an educational institution to help develop curriculum in order to improve workforce development and job training for students; (2) helps provide instruction to students in the classroom; and (3) provides internships, apprenticeships, or other similar educational opportunities in the workplace for students.

This bill also allows employers a worker training tax credit equal to the lesser of: 50% of the job training program expenditures for a full-time employee participating in a qualified training program, or $5,000. A "qualified training program" is: (1) a qualified partnership, or (2) an apprenticeship program registered and certified with the Department of Labor under the National Apprenticeship Act.

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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2700: Workforce Development Investment Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2700/
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"H.R. 2700: Workforce Development Investment Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2700/.
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H.R. 2700, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2700/.
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