[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1312 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1312

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an increased work 
   opportunity credit with respect to recent veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2011

 Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Grimm, 
 Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Poe of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an increased work 
   opportunity credit with respect to recent veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT FOR RECENT VETERANS.

    (a) Work Opportunity Credit.--
            (1) In general.--Section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(l) Special Rules for Veterans.--For purposes of this subpart--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of an individual who is an 
        applicable veteran who begins work for the employer after 
        December 31, 2010, but before January 1, 2013, the following 
        rules shall apply:
                    ``(A) Applicable veteran.--Such individual shall be 
                treated as a member of a targeted group.
                    ``(B) Increased percentage.--Subsection (a) shall 
                be applied by substituting `100 percent' for `40 
                percent'.
                    ``(C) Wage limitation.--Paragraph (3) of subsection 
                (b) shall be applied--
                            ``(i) by substituting `$5,000' for 
                        `$6,000', and
                            ``(ii) without regard to the parenthetical 
                        therein.
                    ``(D) Minimum employment periods.--Subparagraph (A) 
                of subsection (i)(3) shall be applied by substituting 
                `0 percent' for `25 percent'.
                    ``(E) Disabled veterans.--In the case of such an 
                individual who is a qualified veteran by reason of 
                subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii), the credit determined with 
                respect to such individual under the rules of this 
                subsection shall be in addition to any credit allowable 
                with respect to such individual under this section 
                determined without regard to this subsection.
            ``(2) Applicable veteran.--The term `applicable veteran' 
        means any veteran (as defined in subsection (d)(3)(B)) who is 
        certified by the designated local agency as having been 
        discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces of 
        the United States after September 11, 2001.
            ``(3) Election to have subsection not apply.--A taxpayer 
        may elect (at such time and in such form and manner as the 
        Secretary shall prescribe) to have this subsection not apply 
        with respect to an individual for any taxable year.
            ``(4) Special rule.--For purposes of this subsection, this 
        section shall be deemed to remain in effect with respect to 
        individuals who begin work for the employer after December 31, 
        2011, and before January 1, 2013.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer 
        after December 31, 2010.
    (b) Offset.--The amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for General Administration are 
hereby reduced as follows:
            (1) The amount for fiscal year 2011 is reduced by 
        $5,000,000.
            (2) The amount for fiscal year 2012 is reduced by 
        $5,000,000.
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