H.R. 6833 · 118th Congress

Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act

Introduced on Dec 14, 2023 by Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11). 8 cosponsors, 5 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 14, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 14, 2023
Cosponsors
8
5 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lloyd SmuckerR-PA-11Sponsor

Democrats · 5

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Dec 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  2. ARGENTUM5 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)
  3. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.5 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)
  4. Critical Labor Coalition5 reports
    $84K reported (all issues)
  5. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.5 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  6. INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  7. Liberty Mutual Group5 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)
  8. NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  9. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 93%
  10. Allegis, Redwood, Maxim Public Affairs, LLC3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  11. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS3 reports
    $475.9K reported (all issues)
  12. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES NETWORK3 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  13. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA2 reports
    $417.1K reported (all issues)
  14. DLA Piper LLP (US) (for ADP, LLC)2 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DLA PIPER LLP (US)AI match · 97%
  15. NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC.2 reports
    $85K reported (all issues)
  16. Redwood Holdings, LLC fka Redwood Capital Investments2 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  17. Society for Human Resource Management2 reports
    $640K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTAI match · 100%
  18. Allegis Group, Inc.1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)
  19. INSPIRE BRANDS INC.1 report
    $120K reported (all issues)
  20. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS1 report
    $410K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.