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H.R. 481: Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

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H.R. 481: Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-22 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Plain summary

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through December 31, 2017, a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified long-term unemployed individual. Defines "qualified long-term unemployed individual" as any individual certified by the designated local agency as: (1) having exhausted, as of the hiring date, all rights to regular compensation under federal or state law; (2) having no rights to regular compensation with respect to the most recent week ending before the hiring date; and (3) not receiving compensation under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.

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Official text

Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr481 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114