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S 961 108th Congress Senate Commerce Economic development Economics and Public Finance Enterprise zones Small business Urban affairs

A bill to expand the scope of the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas.

Introduced: April 30, 2003 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5608)
Apr 30, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5608)
Apr 30, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Small Business Act concerning the HUBZone program (Small Business Administration assistance for start-up businesses in historically underutilized business areas) to qualify under the program any county in which there is a difficult development area (area having high construction, land, and utility costs relative to median gross income), as designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under tax credit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
What's happening now April 30, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5608)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 961: A bill to expand the scope of the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-961/
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"S. 961: A bill to expand the scope of the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-961/.
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S. 961, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-961/.
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