H.R. 3925: Patriot Employer Act of 2017
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H.R. 3925: Patriot Employer Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-10-03 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-10-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- 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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Official title
Patriot Employer Act of 2017
Plain summary
Patriot Employer Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a Patriot employer a business-related tax credit equal to 10% of up to $15,000 of wages paid to any employee in a taxable year. The bill sets forth criteria for designation as a Patriot employer, including requirements that such employer: (1) maintains its headquarters in the United States and does not expatriate to avoid payment of U.S. income taxes, (2) complies with the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (3) provides employees with paid sick leave or paid family and medical leave, (4) compensates at least 90% of its employees at an hourly rate that is at least 218% of the federal poverty level for an individual for the calendar year divided by 1,750 and provides at least 90% of its employees with a basic level of retirement benefits, (5) provides for differential wage payments to its employees who are members of the Uniformed Services, (6) has a written policy in place for the recruitment of employees who have served in the Uniformed Services or who are disabled, and (7) increases the number of its employees performing substantially all of their services inside the United States to offset the number of employees who work outside the United States. The bill also sets forth a rule for the deferral of the tax deduction for foreign-related interest expense.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Patriot Employer Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · 4 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] reported raising $415,385 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Rulemaking
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3925.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr3925 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115