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HR 158 116th Congress House Taxation Building construction Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Historic sites and heritage areas Income tax credits

Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2019

Introduced: May 15, 2019 Introduced by: Evans, Dwight Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2019
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Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2019

This bill allows rehabilitation expenditures for any building which is a qualified public educational facility to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit. A "qualified public educational facility" is a school facility that is part of a public elementary or secondary school and is owned by a private, for-profit corporation pursuant to a public-private partnership agreement with a state or local educational agency.

What's happening now January 3, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 7
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jun 4, 2019
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · May 28, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 28, 2019
O'Halleran, Tom
· May 22, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 21, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 17, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 17, 2019
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· May 15, 2019
Maloney, Sean
· May 15, 2019
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · May 14, 2019
Lee, Barbara
· May 10, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 158: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-158/
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"H.R. 158: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-158/.
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H.R. 158, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-158/.
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