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HR 4238 116th Congress House Taxation Employee hiring Employment and training programs Income tax credits

LEAP Act

Introduced: September 6, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 6, 2019
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Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act

This bill allows employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. The credit is available for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee.

An apprenticeship employee is any employee who is employed by an employer in an officially recognized apprenticeable occupation and pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency.

As an offset to the cost of this bill, the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate with federal department heads and independent agencies to impose limits on government printing costs.

What's happening now September 6, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 6, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4238: LEAP Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4238/
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"H.R. 4238: LEAP Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4238/.
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H.R. 4238, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4238/.
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