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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to hiring veterans who are receiving educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Defense.
Summary
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the work opportunity tax credit to include veterans who are receiving educational assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense. The credit applies to employers who hire these student veterans, covering those receiving assistance under VA educational assistance programs (chapters 30, 31, 32, 33, or 34) or DoD educational assistance programs for reservists (chapters 1606 or 1607). The bill also modifies the minimum employment period requirement so that student veterans are not subject to the standard employment duration requirement that typically applies to other work opportunity tax credit recipients. The changes apply to veterans who begin employment after the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
Actions (2)
- Jul 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to hiring veterans who are receiving educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Defense.
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 “Hire Student Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT FOR HIRING VETERANS RECEIVING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR DEFENSE.
(a) In General.—Section 51(d)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “or” at the end of clause (iii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and inserting “, or”, and by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(v) attending an educational institution by means of educational assistance provided under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 34 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, United States Code.”.
(b) Modification of Minimum Employment Period.—Section 51(i)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting “(other than a qualified veteran described in subsection (d)(3)(A)(v))” after “In the case of an individual”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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