US Congress House Bill 488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-31)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017 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.

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2017-01-12	House	Introduced in House

SB143 (Related) 2017-01-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/488/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr488/BILLS-115hr488ih.pdf