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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 51 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an employment 

assistance voucher program for the unemployed. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Mr. FITZPATRICK 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 

for an employment assistance voucher program for the 

unemployed. 

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 ‘‘Hire Just One Act 

5 of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE VOUCH7 ER PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) USE OF UNEMPLOYMENT FUND FOR EMPLOY9 MENT ASSISTANCE VOUCHER PROGRAM.— 


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1 (1) STATE LAW.—Section 3304(a)(4) of the In2 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (F), by inserting 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (G), and by add5 ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(H) during the 120-day period beginning 

7 on the date of the enactment of the Hire Just 

8 One Act of 2013, amounts may be withdrawn 

9 for the payment of allowances under an employ10 ment assistance voucher program (as defined in 

11 section 3306(v));’’. 

12 (2) PERMISSIBLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

13 3306(f) of such Code is amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (5), 

16 (B) by redesignating the paragraph relat17 ing to the self-employment assistance program 

18 as paragraph (6) and striking the period at the 

19 end of such paragraph and inserting ‘‘; and’’, 

20 and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(7) during the 120-day period beginning on 

24 the date of the enactment of the Hire Just One Act 

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1 ment of allowances under an employment assistance 

2 voucher program (as defined in subsection (v)).’’. 

3 (b) EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE VOUCHER PROGRAM

4 DEFINED.—Section 3306 of such Code is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(v) EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE VOUCHER PRO7 GRAM.—For the purposes of this chapter— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘employment as9 sistance voucher program’ means a program under 

10 which— 

11 ‘‘(A) an eligible individual is issued an em12 ployment assistance voucher, 

13 ‘‘(B) upon employment with an employer 

14 described in paragraph (5)— 

15 ‘‘(i) the eligible individual transfers 

16 the employment assistance voucher to the 

17 employer, 

18 ‘‘(ii) the individual ceases to receive 

19 unemployment compensation and is paid 

20 wages by the employer, and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the employer receives payments 

22 upon presenting the voucher to the State, 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(C) the program meets such other re2 quirements as the Secretary of Labor deter3 mines to be appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(2) RULES RELATING TO UNEMPLOYED INDI5 VIDUALS.—For purposes of paragraph (1)— 

6 ‘‘(A) COMPENSATION.—Compensation pur7 suant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii) shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) not be less than 200 percent of 

9 the unemployment compensation otherwise 

10 payable to the individual on the date of the 

11 individual’s employment under the employ12 ment assistance voucher program, 

13 ‘‘(ii) not be less than the minimum 

14 wage (as specified in section 6 of the Fair 

15 Labor Standards Act of 1938), 

16 ‘‘(iii) be payable for a period not to 

17 exceed the maximum number of remaining 

18 weeks of unemployment compensation (in19 cluding supplemental and emergency) to 

20 which the employee would be entitled (but 

21 for participating in the employment assist22 ance voucher program), determined as of 

23 the date of employment. 

24 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.—If, 

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1 paragraph (A)(iii), an individual’s employment 

2 with an employer under the employment assist3 ance voucher program is terminated for reasons 

4 other than cause, the individual is entitled to 

5 the remaining period of entitlement referred to 

6 in subparagraph (A)(iii) less the number of 

7 weeks of such employment. 

8 ‘‘(C) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS NOT TO

9 APPLY.—State requirements relating to avail10 ability for work, active search for work, and re11 fusal to accept work are not applicable to indi12 viduals participating in the employment assist13 ance voucher program. 

14 ‘‘(3) EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE VOUCHER.— 

15 The term ‘employment assistance voucher’ means a 

16 voucher— 

17 ‘‘(A) obtained by an eligible individual pur18 suant to the State law, 

19 ‘‘(B) payable to the employer of the eligible 

20 individual— 

21 ‘‘(i) at a rate determined under State 

22 law but not to exceed 90 percent of the 

23 amount of unemployment compensation to 

24 which the eligible individual is entitled, and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) on the same schedule as unem2 ployment compensation would be payable 

3 to the individual but for employment under 

4 the employment assistance voucher pro5 gram. 

6 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 

7 individual’ means an individual who— 

8 ‘‘(A) is eligible to receive regular unem9 ployment compensation under the State law, ex10 tended unemployment, or emergency unemploy11 ment or would be eligible to receive such com12 pensation except for the requirements described 

13 in paragraph (1)(B), 

14 ‘‘(B) is identified pursuant to a State 

15 worker profiling system as an individual likely 

16 to exhaust regular unemployment compensation, 

17 ‘‘(C) immediately prior to employment by 

18 the eligible employer, was unemployed for not 

19 less than 6 months, and 

20 ‘‘(D) is employed by an eligible employer. 

21 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—The term ‘eligible 

22 employer’ means an employer who agrees to the 

23 terms and conditions of employment under the un24 employment assistance voucher program and who is 

25 approved by the State agency. 


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1 ‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF PARTICIPATING INDIVID2 UALS UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.—Individ3 uals participating in an unemployment assistance 

4 voucher program shall be treated as unemployed for 

5 the purposes of Federal and State laws applicable to 

6 unemployment compensation, except that wages paid 

7 to the employee under such program shall be subject 

8 to Federal and State taxation to the same extent 

9 and in the same manner as wages generally. 

10 ‘‘(7) COST LIMITER.—A State program shall 

11 not be treated as an employment assistance voucher 

12 program for purposes of this chapter unless the pro13 gram does not result in any cost to the Unemploy14 ment Trust Fund (established by section 904(a) of 

15 the Social Security Act) in excess of the cost that 

16 would be incurred by such State and charged to 

17 such Fund, or to any Federal funds in the system 

18 if the State had not participated in such program. 

19 ‘‘(8) PREVENTION OF EMPLOYMENT TERMI20 NATION TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM.—A State 

21 program shall not be treated as an employment as22 sistance voucher program for purposes of this chap23 ter unless the State has in effect measures to pre24 vent employers from terminating employment for 


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1 purposes of participating in the employment assist2 ance voucher program. 

3 ‘‘(9) PREVENTION IN TERMINATING EMPLOY4 EES DURING PROGRAM.—A State program shall not 

5 be treated as an employment assistance voucher pro6 gram for purposes of this chapter unless the State 

7 has in effect measures to recoup payments made to 

8 an employer under the program if the employer has 

9 terminated from employment more employees during 

10 the 120-day period referred to in section 

11 3304(a)(4)(H) than the employer has hired under 

12 the program.’’. 

13 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 303(a)(5) 

14 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)(5)) is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘: Provided further, 

16 That amounts may be withdrawn for the payment of al17 lowances under an employment assistance voucher pro18 gram (as defined in section 3306(v) of the Internal Rev19 enue Code of 1986); and’’. 

20 (d) STATE REPORTS.—Any State operating an em21 ployment assistance voucher program approved by the 

22 Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 3304(a)(4)(H) of 

23 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this sec24 tion) shall report annually to the Secretary on the number 

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1 ating costs of the program, compliance with program re2 quirements, and any other relevant aspects of program op3 erations requested by the Secretary. 

4 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 of Labor shall submit a report to the Congress with re7 spect to the operation of the employment assistance vouch8 er program. Such report shall be based on the reports re9 ceived from the States pursuant to subsection (d) and in10 clude such other information as the Secretary of Labor 

11 determines is appropriate. 

12 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section 

13 and the amendments made by this section shall take effect 

14 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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