S. 1271: Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011
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S. 1271: Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-23 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011
Plain summary
Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the wages paid to certain unemployed workers in 2011 and 10% of wages paid in 2012. Requires that such workers: (1) begin employment after the enactment of this Act and before January 13, 2013; (2) certify, under penalty of perjury, that they have not been employed for more than 40 hours during the 60-day period ending on the date they begin their employment; and (3) not be hired to replace another employee unless such employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] reported raising $652,856 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1271.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1271 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112