Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

Long title	The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010
Acronyms (colloquial)	HIRE
Enacted by	the 111th United States Congress
Effective	Generally March 18, 2010
Citations
Public law	111-147
Statutes at Large	124 Stat. 71-118
Codification
Titles amended	16, 23, 26, 49
U.S.C. sections created	26 USC §§ 1471-1474, 26 USC § 6038D
U.S.C. sections amended	16 USC § 777; 23 USC §§ 101, 403, 410, 2001; 26 USC §§ 38, 51, 54F, 163, 179, 643, 679, 864, 871, 1291, 1298, 3111, 4701, 6011, 6431, 6501, 6655, 6662, 6677, 9503; 49 USC §§ 5305, 5307, 5309, 5311, 5337, 5338, 8003, 31100, 31104, 31144, 31301, 31309
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 2847) by Alan Mollohan (D–WV) on June 12, 2009 Committee consideration by House Appropriations Passed the House on June 18, 2009 (259-157) Passed the Senate as the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act on February 24, 2010 (70-28) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on March 4, 2010 (217-201) with further amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on March 17, 2010 (68-29) Signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 18, 2010

The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act of 2010 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–147 (text) (PDF), 124 Stat. 71, enacted March 18, 2010, H.R. 2847) is a law in the 111th United States Congress to provide payroll tax breaks and incentives for businesses to hire unemployed workers. Often characterized as a "jobs bill",^[1][2][3] certain Democrats in Congress state that it is only one piece of a broader job creation legislative agenda, along with the Travel Promotion Act and other bills.^{[citation needed]}