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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3908 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity 

tax credit with respect to a designated family member of a veteran 

with a service-connected disability if the veteran is unable to work. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2009 

Mrs. HALVORSON 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 provide 

the work opportunity tax credit with respect to a designated family member of a veteran with a service-connected disability if the veteran is unable to work. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Families of Disabled 

5 Veterans Work Opportunity Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CERTIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS OF CERTAIN DIS2 ABLED VETERANS TREATED AS QUALIFIED 

3 VETERANS FOR PURPOSES OF THE WORK OP4 PORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 51(d) of 

6 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(D) CERTIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS OF

9 CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS TREATED AS

10 QUALIFIED VETERANS.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A certified family 

12 member of a specified disabled veteran 

13 shall be treated as a qualified veteran for 

14 purposes of this subpart. 

15 ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED DISABLED VET16 ERAN.—For purposes of this subpara17 graph, the term ‘specified disabled veteran’ 

18 means any veteran who (as determined by 

19 the designated local agency)— 

20 ‘‘(I) is entitled to compensation 

21 for a service-connected disability, 

22 ‘‘(II) is unable work by reason of 

23 such service-connected disability, and 

24 ‘‘(III) would (but for clause (iv)) 

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1 fied veteran by the designated local 

2 agency. 

3 ‘‘(iii) CERTIFIED FAMILY MEMBER.— 

4 For purposes of this subparagraph, the 

5 term ‘certified family member’ means the 

6 one individual who is certified by the des7 ignated local agency as— 

8 ‘‘(I) being a family member of a 

9 specified disabled veteran, and 

10 ‘‘(II) having been designated by 

11 such specified disabled veteran as the 

12 certified family member with respect 

13 to such veteran. 

14 ‘‘(iv) ONLY ONE PERSON QUALI15 FIED.—In the case of any specified dis16 abled veteran— 

17 ‘‘(I) such veteran shall not be 

18 treated as a qualified veteran for pur19 poses of this section and the des20 ignated local agency shall not certify 

21 such veteran as a qualified veteran, 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(II) only one individual shall be 

24 treated as a certified family member 

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1 poses of this section and the des2 ignated local agency shall not certify 

3 more than one certified family mem4 ber with respect to any such vet5 eran.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

7 this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 

8 the employer after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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