3.0.0 595 2019-11-15T21:52:36Z 2019-11-15T21:52:36Z Senate S S 2005-03-10 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-10T21:57:03Z Encouraging Work Act of 2005 109 1272 HR 2005-03-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2005-03-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-03-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2488-2490) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-03-10 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-03-10 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2005-03-10 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-03-10 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2005-04-12 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2005-09-29 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-10-04 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-10-06 False Taxation Age Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Disabled Economics and Public Finance Enterprise zones Ex-offenders Families Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Income tax Labor and Employment Railroad employees Social Welfare Tax credits Tax deductions Transportation and Public Works Urban affairs Vocational rehabilitation Wages Welfare recipients Taxation 00 2005-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-28T20:30:17Z Encouraging Work Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate and modify provisions of the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax credit and make the consolidated tax credit permanent. Expands eligibility for the consolidated tax credit by: (1) determining eligibility of ex-felons without regard to family income; and (2) raising the age ceiling for food stamp recipients from 25 to 40. Includes a "designated community resident" (in lieu of "high risk youth") and "long-term family assistance recipient" as members of the targeted group eligible for the consolidated tax credit. Provides for an increased tax credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.

Repeals the separate welfare-to-work tax credit.

]]> Encouraging Work Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Encouraging Work Act of 2005 Display Title Encouraging Work Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit. Introduced in Senate 2005-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s595is/xml/BILLS-109s595is.xml 2005-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.