VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2012
Latest action · Sep 12, 2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 12, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2016 the work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, (2) revise tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation, and (3) extend the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain for-profit employers.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2012 to Sep 19, 2012; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Sep 12, 2012 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Sep 12, 2012 |
| D-VA | Jim Webb | Original | Sep 12, 2012 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Sep 12, 2012 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Sep 12, 2012 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 13, 2012 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 19, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Sep 12, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Congressional oversight
- Employee hiring
- Employment taxes
- Government trust funds
- Guam
- Income tax credits
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Taxation
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Virgin Islands
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2012Introduced in Senate
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