Military Spouse Hiring Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2033 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2033 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2025 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Casten, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Bice, Ms. Chu, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Costa, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit. 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 ``Military Spouse Hiring Act''. SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FOR THE WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT. (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(K) a qualified military spouse.''. (b) Qualified Military Spouse.--Subsection (d) of section 51 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(16) Qualified military spouse.--The term `qualified military spouse' means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States.''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments