United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5660 (109th)
Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2006
Introduced
21 June 2006
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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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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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 June 2006
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Introduced in House · EN · 21 June 2006
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 June 2006
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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