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Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2007

Introduced: June 14, 2007 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) 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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Jun 14, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 14, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-preferred empowerment zones, rural enterprise communities, and renewal communities to: (1) extend the period of designation for such areas through 2015; (2) provide a safe harbor standard for employee residency requirements in empowerment zones; (3) eliminate certain residency requirements for the empowerment zone employment tax credit; (4) grant authority to expand the boundaries of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, including those located in rural areas; (5) allow carryovers of unused expensing allowances for enterprise zone businesses; (6) allow certain empowerment zone businesses to elect to receive payments in lieu of tax benefits; (7) allow federal guarantees and tax exemptions for enterprise zones and renewal communities; and (8) allow the issuance of tax-exempt rural enterprise community bonds.

What's happening now June 14, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1627: Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1627/
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"S. 1627: Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1627/.
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