Military Spouse Hiring Act
Latest action · Mar 13, 2025 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.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Military Spouse Hiring Act
This bill allows employers to claim a tax credit for a percentage of qualified wages paid to an employee who is a military spouse by expanding the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to add qualified military spouses as a targeted group. (The WOTC applies to employers who hire members of specific targeted groups, such as veterans, ex-felons, and long-term unemployment recipients, and is generally equal to a percentage of the wages paid to such individuals in the first year of employment, up to a maximum amount. Under current law, the wages must be paid before 2026.)
The bill defines a qualified military spouse as any individual who is certified by a state workforce agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2025 to Dec 2, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Apr 2, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2033 | Military Spouse Hiring Act | Identical bill | Mar 11, 2025 |
| S 3265 | Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act | Related bill | Nov 20, 2025 |
| HR 6039 | Commonsense Legislating Act | Related bill | Nov 20, 2025 |
| HR 6231 | 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
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Military Spouse Hiring Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
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