Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 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.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-VA | John J. McGuire III | Feb 10, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | May 13, 2026 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | May 13, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Sep 10, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Oct 29, 2026 |
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 Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 20, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 196, November 20, 2025, page H4878.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13154 | Tax Provisions That Expired in 2025 | Resource | Jan 14, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1027 | Military Spouse Hiring Act | Related bill | Mar 13, 2025 |
| HR 2033 | Military Spouse Hiring Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2025 |
| S 3265 | Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act | Related bill | Nov 20, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced 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.
