HR 3449
117th Congress
House
Taxation
Employee hiring
Food assistance and relief
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor
HIRE Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Hiring Incentive to Return Employment Act of 2021 or the HIRE Act of 2021
This bill increases the rate of the work opportunity tax credit from 40% to 50% of wages paid to members of the targeted groups eligible for such credit over a two-year period. It also increases to $10,000 the amount of wages taken into account for purposes of the credit.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
17
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3449: HIRE Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3449/
"H.R. 3449: HIRE Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3449/.
H.R. 3449, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3449/.
[H.R. 3449: HIRE Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3449/)