S 759 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013

Introduced Apr 18, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 18, 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.

IntroducedApr 18, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. Defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2013 to Nov 13, 2014, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Apr 18, 2013
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-HI	Brian Schatz	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg	Original	Apr 18, 2013
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-MT	Jon Tester	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-AK	Mark Begich	Original	Apr 18, 2013
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Apr 18, 2013
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Apr 18, 2013
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Apr 18, 2013
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Apr 18, 2013
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 23, 2013
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand		Apr 23, 2013

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Actions 2

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Apr 18, 2013Introduced in Senate
Apr 18, 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 1620	Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013	Identical bill	Apr 18, 2013

Subjects

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Apr 18, 2013Introduced in Senate

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