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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5558 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the eligibility 

of older workers for the work opportunity credit, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 17, 2010 

Ms. GIFFORDS (for herself and Mr. LATHAM) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 

for the eligibility of older workers for the work opportunity credit, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Older Americans’ Job 

5 Opportunities Blueprint Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF OLDER WORKERS FOR THE WORK 

2 OPPORTUNITY CREDIT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(d)(1) of the Internal 

4 Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to members of targeted 

5 groups) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub6 paragraph (H), by striking the period at the end of sub7 paragraph (I) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the 

8 end the following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(J) a qualified older worker.’’. 

10 (b) QUALIFIED OLDER WORKER.—Section 51(d) of 

11 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), 

13 (13), and (14) as paragraphs (12), (13), (14), and 

14 (15), respectively, and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(11) QUALIFIED OLDER WORKER.—The term 

18 ‘qualified older worker’ means any individual who is 

19 certified by the designated local agency as being an 

20 individual who is age 55 or older and whose income 

21 is not more than 400 percent of the poverty line (as 

22 defined by the Office of Management and Budget), 

23 excluding any income that is unemployment com24 pensation, a benefit received under title XVI of the 

25 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), a pay26 ment made to or on behalf of veterans or former 


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1 members of the Armed Forces under the laws ad2 ministered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

3 25 percent of a benefit received under title II of the 

4 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).’’. 

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made this 

6 section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act to individuals who begin 

8 work for the employer after such date. 

9 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

11 51(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 

12 to termination) is amended by striking ‘‘August 31, 2011’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 

14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made this 

15 section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act to individuals who begin 

17 work for the employer after such date. 

18 SEC. 4. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON AGING AND THE 

19 WORKFORCE. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Labor shall 

21 award a grant for the establishment and operation of a 

22 National Resource Center on Aging and the Workforce to 

23 address issues on age and the workforce and to collect, 

24 organize, and disseminate information on older workers. 


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1 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The Center established under sub2 section (a) shall— 

3 (1) serve as a national information clearing4 house on workforce issues, challenges, and solutions 

5 planning for older workers that would serve employ6 ers, local communities, and State and local govern7 ment organizations, as well as other public and pri8 vate agencies, including providing for the cataloging, 

9 organization, and summarizing of existing research, 

10 resources, and scholarship relating to older work11 force issues; 

12 (2) identify best or most-promising practices 

13 across the United States that have enjoyed success 

14 in productively engaging older Americans in the 

15 workforce; 

16 (3) create toolkits for employers, trade associa17 tions, labor organizations, and non-profit employers 

18 that would feature a series of issue papers outlining 

19 specific tasks and activities for engaging older indi20 viduals in select industries; 

21 (4) distribute information to government plan22 ners and policymakers, employers, organizations rep23 resenting and serving older adults, and other appro24 priate entities through the establishment of an inter25 active Internet website, the publications of articles in 


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1 periodicals, pamphlets, brochures, and reports, as 

2 well as through national and international con3 ferences and events; and 

4 (5) provide targeted and ongoing technical as5 sistance to select units of government, private cor6 porations, and nonprofit organizations. 

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be avail9 able in each fiscal year to carry out this section. 

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