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H.R. 5660 (109th)

Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2006

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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

Taxation

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

  1. 21 June 2006

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 June 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 June 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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