US SB885 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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).
Title
Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017
Sponsors
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] | Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-04-06 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2060 (Same As) 2017-04-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB2457 (Related) 2018-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1247-1248)
SB2457 (Related) 2018-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1247-1248)
Subjects
Adoption and foster care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Taxation
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Taxation
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/885/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s885/BILLS-115s885is.pdf |