112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1874 

AN ACT 

To require the timely identification of qualified census tracts 

for purposes of the HUBZone program, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HUBZone Qualified 

3 Census Tract Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS. 

5 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF HUBZONE QUALIFIED CEN6 SUS TRACTS.—Not later than 2 months after the date on 

7 which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

8 receives from the Census Bureau the data obtained from 

9 each decennial census relating to census tracts necessary 

10 for such identification, the Secretary of Housing and 

11 Urban Development shall identify and publish the list of 

12 census tracts that meet the requirements of section 

13 42(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

14 (b) SPECIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE DATES OF DES15 IGNATION.— 

16 (1) HUBZONE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Sec17 retary of Housing and Urban Development, after 

18 consultation with the Administrator of the Small 

19 Business Administration, shall designate a date that 

20 is not later than 3 months after the publication of 

21 the list of qualified census tracts under subsection 

22 (a) upon which the list published under subsection 

23 (a) becomes effective for areas that qualify as 

24 HUBZones under section 3(p)(1)(A) of the Small 

25 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)(A)). 
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1 (2) SECTION 42 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Sec2 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall des3 ignate a date, which may differ from the HUBZone 

4 effective date under paragraph (1), upon which the 

5 list of qualified census tracts published under sub6 section (a) shall become effective for purposes of sec7 tion 42(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

8 1986. 

9 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion may be construed to affect the method used by the 

11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to des12 ignate census tracts as qualified census tracts in a year 

13 in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop14 ment receives no data from the Census Bureau relating 

15 to census tract boundaries. 

16 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

17 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad19 ministration shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi20 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com21 mittee on Small Business of the House of Representatives 

22 a report that— 

23 (1) describes the benefits and drawbacks of 

24 using qualified census tract data to designate 
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1 HUBZones under section 3(p) of the Small Business 

2 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)); 

3 (2) describes any problems encountered by the 

4 Administrator in using qualified census tract data to 

5 designate HUBZones; and 

6 (3) includes recommendations, if any, for ways 

7 to improve the process of designating HUBZones. 

Passed the Senate December 17, 2011. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1874 

AN ACT 

To require the timely identification of qualified cengram, and for other purposes. sus tracts for purposes of the HUBZone pro-