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HR 3535 113th Congress House

Revitalize Our Cities Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize new empowerment zone designations for urban areas with high unemployment and high foreclosure rates, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 20, 2013 See on congress.gov
Taxation Business investment and capitalEconomic performance and conditionsEmployee hiringHousing finance and home ownership
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Income tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIncome tax exclusionSecuritiesUnemploymentUrban and suburban affairs and developmentWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 19, 2013
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 Latest action November 19, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Revitalize Our Cities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the period for designating an empowerment zone (an area in which tax incentives are allowed to increase investment and employment).

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate, prior to January 1, 2015, 20 additional empowerment zones in urban areas in which the average unemployment rate and the average rate of residential and commercial foreclosures are each higher than that of the state within which the area is located for the period beginning January 1, 2009, and ending with the date of enactment of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 20, 2013
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Nov 20, 2013
MILLER, GARY
· Nov 19, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3535: Revitalize Our Cities Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3535/
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"H.R. 3535: Revitalize Our Cities Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3535/.
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H.R. 3535, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3535/.
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