HR 717
108th Congress
House
Taxation
Apprenticeship
Building construction
Charitable contributions
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Community and school
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Corporate philanthropy
Curricula
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational planning
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
America's Better Classroom Act of 2003
Introduced: February 12, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 13, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E224)
Feb 12, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 12, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
America's Better Classroom Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a limited credit for qualified public school modernization bonds; (2) for qualified school construction bonds and qualified zone academy bonds and establish limits and allocation formulas for such bonds; and (3) corporations, a limited specialized training center credit.
Amends the General Education Provisions Act to provide for the application of certain labor standards to projects financed under this Act.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.