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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1874 

To require the timely identification of qualified census tracts for purposes 

of the HUBZone program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2011 

Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Census Tract Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS. 

7 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF HUBZONE QUALIFIED CEN8 SUS TRACTS.—Not later than 2 months after the date on 

9 which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 


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1 receives from the Census Bureau the data obtained from 

2 each decennial census relating to census tracts necessary 

3 for such identification, the Secretary of Housing and 

4 Urban Development shall identify and publish the list of 

5 census tracts that meet the requirements of section 

6 42(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

7 (b) SPECIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE DATES OF DES8 IGNATION.— 

9 (1) HUBZONE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Sec10 retary of Housing and Urban Development, after 

11 consultation with the Administrator of the Small 

12 Business Administration, shall designate a date that 

13 is not later than 3 months after the publication of 

14 the list of qualified census tracts under subsection 

15 (a) upon which the list published under subsection 

16 (a) becomes effective for areas that qualify as 

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

18 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)(A)). 

19 (2) SECTION 42 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Sec20 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall des21 ignate a date, which may differ from the HUBZone 

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

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1 tion 42(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

2 1986. 

3 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec4 tion may be construed to affect the method used by the 

5 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to des6 ignate census tracts as qualified census tracts in a year 

7 in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop8 ment receives no data from the Census Bureau relating 

9 to census tract boundaries. 

10 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

11 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad13 ministration shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi14 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com15 mittee on Small Business of the House of Representatives 

16 a report that— 

17 (1) describes the benefits and drawbacks of 

18 using qualified census tract data to designate 

19 HUBZones under section 3(p) of the Small Business 

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

21 (2) describes any problems encountered by the 

22 Administrator in using qualified census tract data to 

23 designate HUBZones; and 


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

2 to improve the process of designating HUBZones. 

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