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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act

H.R. 6231Introduced Nov 20, 2025Policy area: Taxation

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.

Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Smucker R-PA
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6231.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6231, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

30 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 16 Democrats

16 of 30 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), John Mannion (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), John McGuire (R-VA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Max Miller (R-OH), Blake Moore (R-UT), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Daniel Webster (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.

Related bills

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Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-11 district

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Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.