3.0.0 2599 2019-11-15T21:57:44Z 2019-11-15T21:57:44Z Senate S S 2008-02-06 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-06T22:09:28Z 2008-02-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-02-06 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-07-22 False Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Day care Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to education Governmental investigations Health Higher education Home offices Income tax Labor and Employment Married people Medical personnel Military dependents Preschool education Recruiting and enlistment Science, Technology, Communications Tax credits Teacher education Telecommuting Veterans' education Veterans' employment Wages Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-08T18:29:58Z Military Spouse Education and Employment Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces on extended active duty (more than 90 days or for an indefinite period) and eligible teleworking military spouses (teleworking spouses whose wages are expected to equal or exceed 150% of U.S. median annual earnings) as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit.

Includes the wife or husband of a member serving on extended active duty within the federal veterans' employment preference.

Allows members who have completed two terms of service and have reenlisted for a third term to transfer a portion of their entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. (Current law allows such transfer for members with critical military skills.)

Requires studies on: (1) the development of an education grant program for training military spouses in health care and early childhood development careers; and (2) creating work opportunities for undergraduate- and graduate-educated military spouses during the active-duty service of their spouses.

]]> Military Spouse Education and Employment Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Military Spouse Education and Employment Act of 2008 Display Title Military Spouse Education and Employment Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide enhanced education and employment opportunities for military spouses. Introduced in Senate 2008-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2599is/xml/BILLS-110s2599is.xml 2008-02-06 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.