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S 1455 118th Congress Senate Taxation

Rural Jobs Act

Introduced: May 4, 2023 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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May 4, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 4, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now May 4, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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