HR 3622
105th Congress
House
Housing and Community Development
Administrative procedure
Block grants
Department of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to community development
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Law
Performance measurement
Rural economic development
Strategic planning
Urban affairs
Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998
Introduced: April 1, 1998
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 1, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 1, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E542)
Apr 1, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act with respect to additional grants to: (1) provide for grant funding for additional empowerment zones; (2) set the amount of such grants for zones in urban ($10 million) and rural ($4 million) areas, as well as the timing of such grants (ten years of one-year grants); (3) provide funding for such grants; (4) require environmental review by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (urban areas) and the Secretary of Agriculture (rural areas); and (5) require the lead implementing entity for an empowerment zone to establish a performance measurement system.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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