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S 1454 106th Congress Senate

Public School Modernization and Overcrowding Relief Act of 1999

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools and to provide tax incentives … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools and to provide tax incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas.

Introduced: September 10, 1999 See on congress.gov
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CommerceCommunity and schoolConstruction costsCorporate philanthropyCurriculum planningDepressed areasDropout preventionEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEducation of disadvantaged childrenEducational planningEducational technologyElementary and secondary educationElementary schoolsEnterprise zonesFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkHigh schoolsHigher educationIncome taxIndian educationInformation disclosure (Securities law)InterestLabor and EmploymentLand transfersMaintenance and repairMentoringMinoritiesPersonal income taxPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesPublic schoolsSchool buildingsSchool districtsSchool lunch programSchool planningScience, Technology, CommunicationsSecondary educationSocial WelfareSurveysTax creditsTax returnsTax-exempt securitiesTeacher educationUrban affairsVolunteer workers in education
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jul 28, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 28, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9545)
Jul 28, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 28, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Public School Modernization and Overcrowding Relief Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a limited credit for qualified public school modernization bonds; (2) provide for qualified school construction bonds and qualified zone academy bonds and establish limits and allocation formulas for such bonds; (3) provide for the treatment of qualified public educational facility bonds as exempt facility bonds; (4) increase the amount by which certain governmental bonds used to finance public school capital expenditures may be exempted from specified arbitrage bond provisions; (5) revise provisions concerning advance refundings of bonds.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 10, 1999
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 28, 1999
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 28, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1454: Public School Modernization and Overcrowding Relief Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1454/
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