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HR 2170 106th Congress House

Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999

Official title: To amend section 2007 of the Social Security Act to provide grant funding for additional Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Strategic Planning Communities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 13, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Department of AgricultureDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentEconomics and Public FinanceEmployment of the disadvantagedEnterprise zonesEnvironmental ProtectionEnvironmental assessmentFederal aid to IndiansFederal-Indian relationsFederal-local relationsFederal-state relationsFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment lendingHousing and Community DevelopmentLabor and EmploymentLawMinoritiesRecruiting of employeesRevolving fundsRural economic developmentStrategic planningUrban affairs
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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
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 Latest action June 10, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2170: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2170/
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"H.R. 2170: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2170/.
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