# 119-hr-1914: HIRE CREDIT Act

119-hr-1914, HIRE CREDIT Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1914
- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1914
- Congress: 119
- Title: HIRE CREDIT Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a temporary employer tax credit to hire people displaced by major disasters.** The bill would add a new eligible-employee category to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit for individuals certified as displaced disaster victims.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tax credit to hire disaster-displaced workers: benefit, high. If enacted, employers could get a hiring tax credit for taking on certified displaced disaster victims. A local agency would need to certify the worker lived in a qualified disaster zone, worked at a site there right before the disaster that became inoperable, and is unemployed. A qualified disaste…
- Limits on credit for disaster hires: cost, high. If enacted, the credit would have new limits. If the worker’s main workplace is outside the disaster zone, employers could not count wages for any week the worker worked 30 or more hours. Employers could only get the credit for hires made within one year after FEMA’s incident period ends. For disas…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1914 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1914)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1914 (as of 2025-12-21).