HR 5567 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to modify eligibility criteria for certain empowerment zone designations.

Introduced Oct 7, 2002 Originated House Sponsor J. C. Watts Jr. R-OK

Latest action · Oct 7, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 7, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify eligibility for empowerment zone designation by reducing the poverty critieria in the central business districts in Pulaski County, Arkansas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Yonkers, New York.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 7, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Oct 7, 2002
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.	Original	Oct 7, 2002
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Oct 7, 2002
D-AR	Vic Snyder	Original	Oct 7, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Oct 7, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 7, 2002Introduced in House
Oct 7, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1780)
Oct 7, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-50	WESTERN ALASKA AND WESTERN PACIFIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAMS, AND H.R. 553, THE WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2001135 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jul 19, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code to modify eligibility criteria for certain empowerment zone designations.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 7, 2002Introduced in House

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