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H.R. 6231 119th Congress House

Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 20, 2025 Introduced by: Lloyd Smucker Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 20, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Lobbying activity 66

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
    for MCDONALD'S CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.
    for FOOD MARKETPLACE INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THEGROUP DC, LLC
    for ALLEGIS, REDWOOD, MAXIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • MAXIMUS, INC.
    for MAXIMUS INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CAPITOL SOLUTIONS LLC (MD)
    for CRITICAL LABOR COALITION · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CURA STRATEGIES
    for NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6231: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6231/
MLA
"H.R. 6231: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6231/.
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H.R. 6231, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6231/.
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[H.R. 6231: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6231/)
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