United States · Bill · S
S. 1222 (111th)
Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009
Introduced
9 June 2009
Last action
9 June 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-preferred empowerment zones, rural enterprise communities, and renewal communities to: (1) extend the period of designation for such areas 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, including those located in rural areas; (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; (7) allow federal guarantees and tax exemptions for enterprise zones and renewal communities; and (8) allow the issuance of tax-exempt rural enterprise community bonds and empowerment zone facility bonds.
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Timeline
9 June 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
9 June 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 9 June 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → SURGE Act of 2009
- related to → Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1222
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1222
- us · 111-s-1222 · source updated 5 December 2025