S. 1455 118th Congress Senate

Rural Jobs Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for new markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone.

Introduced: June 7, 2023 Introduced by: Roger F. Wicker Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov

Taxation

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May 4, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

May 4, 2023

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action May 4, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Jobs Act

This bill allocates an additional $500 million in 2023 and another $500 million in 2024 for new markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone (an area comprised of low-income communities with populations not greater than 50,000 that are not adjacent to an urbanized area). The bill also requires that at least 25% of such investments be made in areas that are persistent poverty counties, high migration rural counties, or both.

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
for PARTNERSHIP FOR JOB CREATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8 filings
SENATE
8 filings
Treasury, Dept of
6 filings
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
2 filings
White House Office
2 filings

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Cosponsors 3