HR 2170
106th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Administrative procedure
Bank capital
Block grants
Credit unions
Department of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Economics and Public Finance
Employment of the disadvantaged
Enterprise zones
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999
Introduced: June 10, 1999
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 10, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 10, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1219)
Jun 10, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to revise additional grants requirements, providing for: (1) additional State entitlements to grants for designated qualified empowerment zones and qualified enterprise communities as well as for strategic planning communities (currently not provided for); (2) specified funding for such additional designated qualified empowerment zone State grants (according to urban or rural status) as well as for additional designated qualified enterprise community State grants and strategic planning community State grants; (3) direct grants to the governing bodies of eligible Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations, subject to certain conditions; (4) use of grant funds for revolving loan fund loans to residents, institutions, organizations, or businesses that hire disadvantaged adults and youths; and (5) environmental review to ensure that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable Federal law are most effectively implemented in connection with the expenditure of grant funds under SSA title XX additional grants provisions.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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