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Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998

Introduced: April 2, 1998 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 2, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3141-3142)
Apr 2, 1998
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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) authorize the use of grants to fund revolving loan funds and similar arrangements to make loans, guarantees, financial services, or related activities more accessible to residents, institutions, organizations, or businesses; (5) require environmental review by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (urban areas) and the Secretary of Agriculture (rural areas); and (6) require the lead implementing entity for an empowerment zone to establish a performance measurement system.

What's happening now April 2, 1998

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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