To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

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Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. The bill defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state.

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Income tax creditsLicensing and registrationsMilitary personnel and dependents

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

USA115^th CongressHR-488| House

| Updated: 1/12/2017

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Matt Cartwright

Democratic Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (80)

Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Robert Pittenger (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)F. James Sensenbrenner (Republican)John Katko (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Roger Marshall (Republican)Charles W. Dent (Republican)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)John J. Faso (Republican)Leonard Lance (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Keith J. Rothfus (Republican)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Andy Barr (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Steve Russell (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)James A. Himes (Democratic)Will Hurd (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Stephen Knight (Republican)Denny Heck (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Frank Pallone (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Bill Johnson (Republican)Lloyd Doggett (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee

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S 115-143: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

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Income tax creditsLicensing and registrationsMilitary personnel and dependents

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

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Taxation

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

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Matt Cartwright

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

Suggested Questions

Taxation

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

Suggested Questions

Matt Cartwright

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

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