H.R. 4380: Better Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017
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H.R. 4380: Better Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-13 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Better Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017
Plain summary
Better Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017 This bill amends provisions with respect to the hiring of veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and their spouses. The bill extends the veterans retraining assistance program, which provides job training assistance to unemployed veterans between the ages of 35-60. The Department of Defense must establish a database to record training performed by members of the Armed Forces and make such information available to states and other employers to satisfy civilian licensing or certification requirements. The bill extends the work opportunity tax credit to the hiring of members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard or the hiring of the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces. (The work opportunity tax credit permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.)
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Official text
Better Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4380.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr4380 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115