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Rural Enterprise Communities Act of 1998

Introduced: June 17, 1998 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 25, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.

Jun 25, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Jun 17, 1998

Referred to House Agriculture

Jun 17, 1998

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

Jun 17, 1998

Referred to House Ways and Means

Jun 17, 1998

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Enterprise Communities Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize: (1) 33 additional rural enterprise communities (with an extended designation deadline); (2) designation of certain noncontiguous parcels as empowerment zones or enterprise communities; (3) a special designation exception for certain areas based upon emigration, underemployment, or economic adjustment; and (4) empowerment zone eligibility for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Provides for: (1) designation priority to be given to top performing enterprise communities; and (2) additional specified grants and grant amounts for rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain community planning amounts under the Social Security Act to help communities apply for empowerment zone or enterprise community designation.

Amends the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to authorize conveyance of Department of Agriculture excess property to support empowerment zones and enterprise communities.

What's happening now June 25, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.

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