United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5660 (109th)
Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2006
Introduced
21 June 2006
Last action
21 June 2006 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3], Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3], Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1], Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2], Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-preferred empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and renewal communities to: (1) extend the period of designation for empowerment zones and renewal communities through 2015; (2) provide a safe harbor standard for employee residency requirements in empowerment zones; (3) eliminate certain residency requirements for the empowerment zone employment tax credit; (4) grant authority to expand the boundaries of empowerment zones and enterprise communities; (5) allow carryovers of unused expensing allowances for enterprise zone businesses; (6) allow certain empowerment zone businesses to elect to receive payments in lieu of tax benefits; and (7) allow federal guarantees and tax exemptions for enterprise zone facility bonds.
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Timeline
21 June 2006
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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21 June 2006
Introduced
Introduced in House
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21 June 2006
Introduced
Introduced in House
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Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 21 June 2006 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/5660
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5660
- us · 109-hr-5660 · source updated 5 December 2025