The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has introduced a bill titled “Incentives for Older Workers Act” which includes a section to add a new eligibility category to the WOTC program. The press release can be found here. The bill would add a category:

QUALIFIED OLDER WORKER.—The term ‘qualified older worker’ means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being an individual who is age 55 or older and whose income is not more than 125 percent of the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget), excluding any income that is unemployment compensation, a benefit received under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), a payment made to or on behalf of veterans or former members of the Armed Forces under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 25 percent of a benefit received under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).’’