# 114-hr-4973: Investing in Older Americans Act of 2016

114-hr-4973, Investing in Older Americans Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4973
- Congress: 114
- Title: Investing in Older Americans Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-04-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Investing in Older Americans Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) permanent and expand it to include the hiring of older long-term unemployment recipients. (The WOTC permits employers that hire individuals with certain personal characteristics to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) A qualified older long-term unemployment recipient is an individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: being at least 55 years of age on the hiring date, and qualified as a long-term unemployment recipient under current law by being unemployed for at least 27 consecutive weeks and receiving state or federal unemployment compensation during that period. The bill limits to $14,000 the amount of the qualified first-year wages which may be taken into account under the WOTC for a qualified older long-term unemployment recipient.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6525: Lead-free Students Act
- 114-hr-6446: Student Borrower HELP Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6434: FIRST Cap Profits Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act
- 114-hr-6293: Fair SHARE Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6211: Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-4973 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4973)

## Related
- [114-hr-6525: Lead-free Students Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6525)
- [114-hr-6446: Student Borrower HELP Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6446)
- [114-hr-6434: FIRST Cap Profits Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6434)
- [114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6318)
- [114-hr-6293: Fair SHARE Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6293)
- [114-hr-6211: Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6211)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4973 (as of 2025-11-18).