Military Spouse Hiring Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 11, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 135 words.
Military Spouse Hiring Act This bill allows employers to claim a tax credit for a percentage of qualified wages paid to an employee who is a military spouse by expanding the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to add qualified military spouses as a targeted group. (The WOTC applies to employers who hire members of specific targeted groups, such as veterans, ex-felons, and long-term unemployment recipients, and is generally equal to a percentage of the wages paid to such individuals in the first year of employment, up to a maximum amount. Under current law, the wages must be paid before 2026.) The bill defines a qualified military spouse as any individual who is certified by a state workforce agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.
- Committees
- House Ways and Means Committee
- Policy area
- Taxation: 20 of 6,214 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 225 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 184 words
- Latest action
- Mar 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 4 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 1027 Military Spouse Hiring Act D · Introduced
Related, per CRS or House · 3
- 119th H.R. 6039 Commonsense Legislating Act D · Introduced
- 119th H.R. 6231 Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act R · Introduced
- 119th S. 3265 Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act R · Introduced