HR 8036 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2020

Introduced Aug 14, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 14, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedAug 14, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2020

This bill permits 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. The bill 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 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 14, 2020 to Aug 21, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen	Original	Aug 14, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Aug 14, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Aug 14, 2020
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Aug 14, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Aug 14, 2020
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Aug 14, 2020
D-CT	James A. Himes		Aug 21, 2020

Actions 2

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Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House
Aug 14, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

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Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House

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