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Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act of 2003

Introduced: May 20, 2003 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Jul 21, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6540)
Jan 28, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H130)
May 20, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 20, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business related tax credit for investment in residential housing units for certain low-income individuals who were convicted of a crime punishable under state or federal law by a prison term of six months or longer (ex-offenders) and who participate in a program of support services, including job and entrepreneurial training, designed to make such ex-offenders self sufficient.
What's happening now July 21, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6540)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 23, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 20, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2166: Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2166/
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"H.R. 2166: Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2166/.
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H.R. 2166, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2166/.
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