US Congress House Bill 481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through December 31, 2017, a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified long-term unemployed individual. Defines "qualified long-term unemployed individual" as any individual certified by the designated local agency as: (1) having exhausted, as of the hiring date, all rights to regular compensation under federal or state law; (2) having no rights to regular compensation with respect to the most recent week ending before the hiring date; and (3) not receiving compensation under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]

Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-01-22	House	Introduced in House

SB2398 (Related) 2015-12-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/481/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr481/BILLS-114hr481ih.pdf