3.0.0 5947 2023-01-11T13:33:51Z 2023-01-11T13:33:51Z House HR 2016-09-07 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McDERMOTT:H.R. 5947.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H5162]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2016-09-07T14:01:30Z Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016 114 3409 S 2016-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2016-09-07 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2016-09-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR: E1214) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2016-09-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-09-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2016-09-07 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 35 2016-09-07 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2016-09-07 True R000585 Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] Tom Reed R NY 23 2016-09-07 True B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2016-09-08 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2016-12-02 False Taxation Adoption and foster care Employee hiring Employment and training programs Income tax credits Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor Taxation 00 2016-09-07 Introduced in House 2017-08-23T15:46:08Z Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of qualified foster care transition youth.

(The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group [e.g., qualified veterans, ex-felons, SSI recipients] to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.)

A "qualified foster care transition youth" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: (1) not having attained age 27 as of the hiring date, and (2) as having been in foster care after attaining the younger of age 16 or the age specified in provisions of the Social Security Act related to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.

]]> Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016 Display Title Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include foster care transition youth as members of targeted groups for purposes of the work opportunity credit. Introduced in House 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5947ih/xml/BILLS-114hr5947ih.xml 2016-09-07 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.