3.0.0 143 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z Senate S 2017-01-12 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-12T21:56:53Z Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017 115 488 HR 2017-01-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2017-01-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2017-01-12 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-01-12 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-01-12 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-01-12 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-01-23 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2017-01-24 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-01-30 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2017-02-17 False Taxation Income tax credits Licensing and registrations Military personnel and dependents Taxation 00 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-31T14:15:02Z Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. The bill defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state.

]]> Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017 Display Title Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s143is/xml/BILLS-115s143is.xml 2017-01-12 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.