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Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017

Introduced: January 30, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 12, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 12, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. The bill defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state.

What's happening now January 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 143 Related bill Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 45
All 45 Democratic 25 Republican 7
Faso, John
· Dec 21, 2017
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Dec 11, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Apr 26, 2017
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 25, 2017
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 25, 2017
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 25, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 25, 2017
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Apr 25, 2017
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 27, 2017
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Feb 1, 2017
Dent, Charles
· Jan 30, 2017
Jenkins, Evan
· Jan 30, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 30, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 30, 2017
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jan 12, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Jan 12, 2017
Costello, Ryan
· Jan 12, 2017
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 12, 2017
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jan 12, 2017
Hurd, Will
· Jan 12, 2017
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jan 12, 2017
Knight, Stephen
· Jan 12, 2017
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Jan 12, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Jan 12, 2017
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jan 12, 2017
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jan 12, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 12, 2017
Pittenger, Robert
· Jan 12, 2017
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jan 12, 2017
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Jan 12, 2017
Rothfus, Keith
· Jan 12, 2017
Russell, Steve
· Jan 12, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jan 12, 2017
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 12, 2017
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jan 12, 2017
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jan 12, 2017
Young, David
· Jan 12, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 488: Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-488/
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"H.R. 488: Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-488/.
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H.R. 488, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-488/.
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