US Congress House Bill 2060 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of qualified foster care transition youth. (The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group [e.g., qualified veterans, ex-felons, SSI recipients] to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) A "qualified foster care transition youth" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: (1) not having attained age 27 as of the hiring date, and (2) as having been in foster care after attaining the age specified in provisions of the Social Security Act related to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (currently 16 years of age).

Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017

Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2017-04-06	House	Introduced in House

SB885 (Same As) 2017-04-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2060/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2060/BILLS-115hr2060ih.pdf