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Military Spouse Hiring Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of a qualified military spouse. (The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group such as qualified veterans, ex-felons, or long-term unemployment recipients to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) A "qualified military spouse" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.

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Carol Shea-Porter (D)*,  Don Bacon (R),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Lloyd Doggett (D),  Tulsi Gabbard (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Colleen Hanabusa (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Walter Jones (R),  Ro Khanna (D),  Ruben Kihuen (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Ron Kind (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Tom O'Halleran (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Amata Radewagen (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Mark Takano (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (on 05/03/2017)

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