VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013
Latest action · Oct 30, 2013 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.
- IntroducedOct 30, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2017 the work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified veteran (defined as an unemployed veteran who is certified as being a member of a family receiving food stamp assistance and who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability), (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.
Directs the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to make annual reports on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this Act in increasing the employment of veterans.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to pay: (1) each U.S. possession (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss to such possession due to this Act; and (2) each U.S. possession without such a tax system an amount estimated to equal the loss to such possession that would have occurred due to this Act if such a tax system had been in effect in such possession.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2013 to Nov 6, 2013, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Oct 30, 2013 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Nov 6, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Oct 30, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3395 | VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013 | Identical bill | Oct 30, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- American Samoa
- Congressional oversight
- Employment taxes
- Government trust funds
- Income tax credits
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Taxation
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Virgin Islands
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2013Introduced in Senate
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