Congress 108 - HR 717 - America's Better Classroom Act of 2003

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Apprenticeship Building construction Charitable contributions Collection of accounts Commerce Community and school Construction costs Construction industries Construction workers Corporate philanthropy Curricula Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Education Education of the disadvantaged Educational planning Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee selection Enterprise zones Families Finance and Financial Sector Government contractors Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Higher education Income tax Indian education Infrastructure Interest Labor and Employment Maintenance and repair Minorities Public schools School buildings School districts Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Skilled labor Social Welfare Tax credits Tax returns Tax-exempt securities Taxation Teacher education Vocational and technical education Volunteer workers Wages

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America's Better Classroom Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a limited credit for qualified public school modernization bonds; (2) for qualified school construction bonds and qualified zone academy bonds and establish limits and allocation formulas for such bonds; and (3) corporations, a limited specialized training center credit.

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to provide for the application of certain labor standards to projects financed under this Act.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.

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Mar 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Mar 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Mar 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 13, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E224)
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 12, 2003

Introduced in House

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