I 
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 des-
ignated family member of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability if the veteran is unable to work. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Families of Disabled 
Veterans Work Opportunity Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS OF CERTAIN DIS-
ABLED VETERANS TREATED AS QUALIFIED 
VETERANS FOR PURPOSES OF THE WORK OP-
PORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 51(d) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) CERTIFIED
FAMILY
MEMBERS
OF 
CERTAIN
DISABLED
VETERANS
TREATED
AS 
QUALIFIED VETERANS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A certified family 
member of a specified disabled veteran 
shall be treated as a qualified veteran for 
purposes of this subpart. 
‘‘(ii) 
SPECIFIED
DISABLED
VET-
ERAN.—For purposes of this subpara-
graph, the term ‘specified disabled veteran’ 
means any veteran who (as determined by 
the designated local agency)— 
‘‘(I) is entitled to compensation 
for a service-connected disability, 
‘‘(II) is unable work by reason of 
such service-connected disability, and 
‘‘(III) would (but for clause (iv)) 
be eligible for certification as a quali-
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fied veteran by the designated local 
agency. 
‘‘(iii) CERTIFIED FAMILY MEMBER.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘certified family member’ means the 
one individual who is certified by the des-
ignated local agency as— 
‘‘(I) being a family member of a 
specified disabled veteran, and 
‘‘(II) having been designated by 
such specified disabled veteran as the 
certified family member with respect 
to such veteran. 
‘‘(iv) ONLY
ONE
PERSON
QUALI-
FIED.—In the case of any specified dis-
abled veteran— 
‘‘(I) such veteran shall not be 
treated as a qualified veteran for pur-
poses of this section and the des-
ignated local agency shall not certify 
such veteran as a qualified veteran, 
and 
‘‘(II) only one individual shall be 
treated as a certified family member 
with respect to such veteran for pur-
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poses of this section and the des-
ignated local agency shall not certify 
more than one certified family mem-
ber with respect to any such vet-
eran.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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