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<title>INVEST Act</title>
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<action-date>2017-01-05</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies or&nbsp;the INVEST Act </strong></p> <p> This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in&nbsp;a field of renewable energy. A "specified veteran" means any veteran who is certified as: (1) having received a credential or certification from the Department of Defense of a military occupational specialty or skill in a field of renewable energy or with respect to advanced manufacturing, machinist or welding, or engineering; (2) having completed a vocational degree in a field of renewable energy; or (3) having completed a LEED (Leadership in Energy &amp; Environmental Design)&nbsp;certification with the United States Green Building Council.</p> <p>The Department of the Treasury shall pay: (1) each U.S. possession (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss to such possession due to this Act; and (2) each U.S. possession without such a tax system an amount estimated to equal the loss to such possession that would have occurred due to this Act if such a tax system had been in effect.</p>]]></summary-text>
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