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HR 4212 105th Congress House Taxation Administrative procedure Business income tax Commerce Community development Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Enterprise zones Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Income tax Industrial development bonds Infrastructure Job creation Labor and Employment Law Tax incentives Urban affairs

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to give top performing enterprise communities priority for designation as the empowerment zones authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

Introduced: July 14, 1998 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Jul 14, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 14, 1998
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to give priority to a top performing enterprise community applying for designation as an empowerment zone. Defines such a community.

What's happening now July 14, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4212: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to give top performing enterprise communities priority for designation as the empowerment zones authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4212/
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"H.R. 4212: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to give top performing enterprise communities priority for designation as the empowerment zones authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4212/.
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H.R. 4212, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4212/.
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[H.R. 4212: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to give top performing enterprise communities priority for designation as the empowerment zones authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4212/)
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