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<item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="132" measure-id="id117s132" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-01-28" update-date="2021-03-24">
<title>Skills Renewal Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id117s132v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-03-24">
<action-date>2021-01-28</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Skills Renewal Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows a refundable tax credit for qualified training services received by certain individuals who are unemployed in 2020 due to the coronavius (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) pandemic.The bill defines <i>qualified training service </i>as a course or program of study identified by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for a state, or as a course or program of study relating to computer science, technology, or another high need area, such as a coding boot camp, that has been precertified by the Department of Labor. </p>]]></summary-text>
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