H.R. 3402: Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-11-10 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-11-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011

Plain summary

Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amount of wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for veterans who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($14,000 of first-year wages) or disabled veterans who are either hired within one year after discharge from active duty ($12,000 of first-year wages) or who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($24,000 of first-year wages), and (2) allow tax-exempt organizations to claim the lesser of the amount of the work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans or the amount of the payroll taxes paid by such organizations during the calendar year.

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Official text

Hiring Our Veterans Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] · 41 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3402.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3402 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112