,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #a1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,kaine 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,boozman1    
,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,ms4 ,cortez
 ,masto1 ,mr4 ,graham1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4       
,cotton1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,scott of   
,florida1 ,mr4 ,warnock1 ,mrs4          
,blackburn1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4        
,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,mr4    
,moran1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1
 and ,mr4 ,warner7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to make         
employers of spouses of military        
personnel eligible for the work         
opportunity credit4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,military
 ,spouse ,hiring ,act4  #b4 ,eligibility
 of spouses of military personnel for   
the work opportunity credit  7a7 ,in    
general ,paragraph 7#a7 of section      

#ea7;d7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code 
of #aihf is amended by striking or at   
the end of subparagraph 7,i71 by        
striking the period at the end of       
subparagraph 7,j7 and inserting 1 or1   
and by adding at the end the following  
new subparagraph3  7,k7 a qualified     
military spouse4  4  7b7 ,qualified     
military spouse ,subsection 7d7 of      
section #ea of such ,code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#af7 ,qualified military   
spouse ,the term qualified military     
spouse means any individual who is      
certified by the designated local agency
 as being 7as of the hiring date7 a     
spouse of a member of the ,armed ,forces
 of the ,united ,states4  4  7c7        
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid
 or incurred after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act to individuals   
who begin work for the employer after   
such date4