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Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999

Introduced: August 2, 1999 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
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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Aug 2, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 2, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9997)
Aug 2, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1473: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1473/
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