I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1970 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against 
tax for manufacturing job training expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2015 
Mrs. LAWRENCE 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 allow a 
credit against tax for manufacturing job training expenses. 
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 ‘‘Promote Workforce 
Development for the Advancement of Manufacturers Act 
of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING JOB TRAINING TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
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1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 45S. MANUFACTURING JOB TRAINING CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of section 38, 
the manufacturing job training credit determined under 
this section for the taxable year is an amount equal to 
20 percent of so much of the manufacturing training ex-
penses paid or incurred by a qualified manufacturing em-
ployer during the taxable year as exceeds 50 percent of 
the average manufacturing training expenses for the 3 
taxable years preceding the taxable year for which the 
credit is determined. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) MANUFACTURING TRAINING EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘manufac-
turing training expenses’ means, with respect to 
any eligible employee of the taxpayer, expenses 
paid or incurred by such taxpayer for any man-
ufacturing training program, including any re-
lated course work, certification testing, and es-
sential skill acquisition. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘el-
igible employee’ means any employee of the tax-
payer whose essential job function is within the 
United States and relates to manufacturing at 
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a manufacturing facility of the taxpayer located 
within the United States. 
‘‘(2) 
QUALIFYING
MANUFACTURING
EM-
PLOYER.—The term ‘qualified manufacturing em-
ployer’ means any employer— 
‘‘(A) which employs individuals in a trade 
or business in manufacturing, 
‘‘(B) the manufacturing facilities of which 
are located in the United States, and 
‘‘(C) the primary business of which is clas-
sified in sector 31, 32, or 33 of the North 
American Industrial Classification System. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) RULE IN CASE OF NO MANUFACTURING 
TRAINING EXPENSES IN ANY OF 3 PRECEDING TAX-
ABLE YEARS.— 
‘‘(A) TAXPAYERS TO WHICH PARAGRAPH 
APPLIES.—The credit under this section shall 
be determined under this paragraph if the tax-
payer has no manufacturing training expenses 
in any one of the 3 taxable years preceding the 
taxable year for which the credit is being deter-
mined. 
‘‘(B) CREDIT
RATE.—The credit deter-
mined under this paragraph shall be equal to 6 
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percent of the manufacturing training expenses 
for the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No deduc-
tion shall be allowed under this chapter for the por-
tion of the expenses otherwise allowable as a deduc-
tion that are taken into account in determining the 
credit under this section for the taxable year. 
‘‘(3) AGGREGATION.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, all persons treated as a single employer under 
subsection (a) or (b) or section 52, or subsection (m) 
or (o) of section 414, shall be treated as one person. 
‘‘(d) ELECTION TO HAVE CREDIT NOT APPLY.—A 
taxpayer may elect to have this section not apply for any 
taxable year.’’. 
(b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at 
the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (36) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(37) the manufacturing job training credit de-
termined under section 45S(a).’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
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of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45S. Manufacturing job training credit.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to expenses paid or incurred after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years 
ending after such date. 
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