HIRE Act of 2021
Latest action · May 20, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hiring Incentive to Return Employment Act of 2021 or the HIRE Act of 2021
This bill increases the rate of the work opportunity tax credit from 40% to 50% of wages paid to members of the targeted groups eligible for such credit over a two-year period. It also increases to $10,000 the amount of wages taken into account for purposes of the credit.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2021 to Jul 21, 2022; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jul 21, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
- May 20, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 88, May 20, 2021, page H2654.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain adjustments to the work opportunity credit to modernize the credit and make it more effective as a hiring incentive, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HIRE Act of 2021
- Hiring Incentive to Return Employment Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
