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House Bill 2499
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Hire Student Veterans Act
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H. R. 2499 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2499


To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to hiring veterans who are receiving educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Defense.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 2, 2019

Mrs. Lee of Nevada (for herself and Mr. Watkins) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to hiring veterans who are receiving educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Defense.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Hire Student Veterans Act”.

SEC. 2. Work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans receiving educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Defense.

(a) In general.—Section 51(d)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “or” at the end of clause (iii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and inserting “, or”, and by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(v) attending an educational institution by means of educational assistance provided under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 34 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, United States Code.”.

(b) Modification of minimum employment period.—Section 51(i)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting “(other than a qualified veteran described in subsection (d)(3)(A)(v))” after “In the case of an individual”.

(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after the date of the enactment of this Act.