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HR 2963 117th Congress House Taxation American Samoa Appropriations Caribbean area Congressional oversight Employee hiring Employment taxes Government trust funds Guam Income tax credits Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Social security and elderly assistance Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Virgin Islands Wages and earnings

VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2021

Introduced: May 4, 2021 Introduced by: Brownley, Julia Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 4, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2021

This bill (1) makes permanent the work opportunity tax credit with respect to qualified veterans, (2) revises tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation, and (3) extends the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain for-profit employers.

The Internal Revenue Service must make annual reports to Congress on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this bill in increasing the employment of veterans.

The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to pay to each U.S. possession (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) amounts equal to the losses to such possessions due to this bill.

What's happening now May 4, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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