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HR 1677 111th Congress House

Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 20, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Business investment and capitalFinancial services and investmentsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductions
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Income tax exclusionInterest, dividends, interest ratesRural conditions and developmentSecuritiesTax administration and collection, taxpayersUrban and suburban affairs and developmentWages and earnings
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Mar 24, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009 - 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 and empowerment zone facility bonds.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3500 Related bill SURGE Act of 2009
  • S 1222 Identical bill Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 12 Republican 3
D
Costa, Jim
California · Jan 21, 2010
Kagen, Steve
· Jan 21, 2010
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 6, 2009
Arcuri, Michael
· Nov 2, 2009
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Nov 2, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 20, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 20, 2009
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 20, 2009
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 1, 2009
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 29, 2009
Wilson, Charles
· Sep 23, 2009
BONO MACK, MARY
· Sep 16, 2009
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 17, 2009
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 15, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 11, 2009
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 14, 2009
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 2, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Mar 24, 2009
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 24, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1677: Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1677/
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"H.R. 1677: Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1677/.
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