HR 1760
106th Congress
House
Taxation
Building construction
Commerce
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of disadvantaged children
Educational finance
Educational surveys
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary schools
Employee selection
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
America's Better Classrooms Act of 1999
Introduced: May 11, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Jun 4, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
May 11, 1999
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.
May 11, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
America's Better Classrooms Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a limited tax credit to holders of qualified public school construction bonds; and (2) treat such credit as taxable interest income.
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.