Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act
Latest action · Apr 27, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)
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 27, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the work opportunity tax credit, to:
- change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the individual is regularly attending any secondary school,
- increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and
- expand the credit to include at-risk youth.
An "at-risk youth" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as:
- having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date,
- having not regularly attended specified schools or been employed during the six-month period preceding the hiring date, and
- not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills.
The term also includes individuals who have been certified as having attained the age of 16 but not age 21 on the hiring date and as an eligible foster child who was in foster care during the 12-month period ending on the hiring date.
The bill also extends until December 31, 2019, the designation period for certain tax-favored empowerment zones.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 27, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Apr 27, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Apr 27, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2209 | Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act | Identical bill | Apr 27, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2017Introduced in Senate
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