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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6166 

To provide an additional allocation of low-income housing tax credits in 

response to the Superfund site related condemnation of low-income housing in Indiana. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 

Mr. YOUNG of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide an additional allocation of low-income housing 

tax credits in response to the Superfund site related 

condemnation of low-income housing in Indiana. 

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; FINDINGS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Emergency East Chicago Housing Relief Act of 2016’’. 

6 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) In 1972, the West Calumet Housing Com8 plex of East Chicago, Indiana, was established on 

9 the site of a former white lead smelting facility. 


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1 (2) On February 7, 1992, the Environmental 

2 Protection Agency (hereafter referred to as the 

3 ‘‘EPA’’) proposed a 79 acre tract of land comprising 

4 the former lead refinery operation for listing on the 

5 National Priorities List. 

6 (3) On November 18, 1993, the EPA issued an 

7 administrative order to manage the former lead re8 finery site under the Resource Conservation & Re9 covery Act. 

10 (4) By June 2004, the EPA had begun man11 aging the former lead refinery site under the Com12 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

13 and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund. 

14 (5) In 2012, the EPA presented a negotiated 

15 decision to remediate the West Calumet Housing 

16 Complex and remove the lead contaminated soil. A 

17 comprehensive testing process was initiated to detail 

18 the extent of the contamination in the area. 

19 (6) In April 2016, final review of the soil tests 

20 revealed higher than expected levels of lead in the 

21 land, including two significant lead hot spots, and 

22 the EPA began a public messaging campaign to 

23 alert West Calumet Housing Complex residents of 

24 the health risks. 


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1 (7) Following this public notification, approxi2 mately 1,100 residents were informed that the West 

3 Calumet Housing Complex would close rather than 

4 proceed with remediation and that the residents 

5 would need to find new homes. 

6 (8) East Chicago, Indiana, currently lacks the 

7 capacity to accommodate the relocation of the West 

8 Calumet Housing Complex residents, forcing the 

9 residents to look far from their current homes for 

10 new housing. 

11 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL HOUSING CREDIT DOLLAR AMOUNT IN 

12 CONNECTION WITH SUPERFUND SITE RE13 LATED CONDEMNATION OF LOW-INCOME 

14 HOUSING IN INDIANA. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 42 of the 

16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of calendar 

17 years 2017 and 2018, the State housing credit ceiling of 

18 Indiana shall be increased by the lesser of— 

19 (1) the aggregate housing credit dollar amount 

20 allocated for such calendar year by the State hous21 ing credit agency of Indiana to buildings located in 

22 Lake County, Indiana, or 

23 (2) the additional allocation amount. 

24 (b) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION AMOUNT.—For pur25 poses of subsection (a), the ‘‘additional allocation amount’’ 


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1 means $18 multiplied by the population of Lake County, 

2 Indiana (as determined on the basis of the most recent 

3 census estimate of resident population released by the Bu4 reau of the Census before July 31, 2016). 

5 (c) DOLLAR LIMITATION TO APPLY IN THE AGGRE6 GATE TO 2017 AND 2018.—In the case of calendar year 

7 2018, the additional allocation amount taken into account 

8 under subsection (a)(2) shall be reduced by the amount 

9 of the increase in the State housing credit ceiling deter10 mined under subsection (a) for calendar year 2017. 

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