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(1) 
GROUND-BASED
FIREFIGHTING
OPER-
ATIONS.— 
(A) DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter to the 
account established by subsection (a)(1) not 
more than $3,000,000,000 for ground-based 
firefighting operations. 
(B) DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
INTERIOR.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter to the 
account established by subsection (a)(2) not 
more than $1,000,000,000 for ground-based 
firefighting operations. 
(2) AIRCRAFT
USE
IN
FIREFIGHTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter to 
the accounts established by subsection (a), a total 
amount of not more than $500,000,000 for aircraft 
use in firefighting operations. 
(d) PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET REQUESTS.—For fiscal 
year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, each Secretary 
concerned shall submit through the budget request of the 
President and in accordance with subsection (c), a request 
for amounts in the Wildland Fire Management appropria-
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIR
CARRIER.—The term ‘‘air carrier’’ 
means any air carrier that holds an air carrier cer-
tificate under section 41101 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
(2) PASSENGER
AIR
TRANSPORTATION.—The 
term ‘‘passenger air transportation’’ means, with re-
spect to the transportation of passengers by aircraft 
as a common carrier for compensation, foreign air 
transportation, interstate air transportation, and 
intrastate air transportation, as such terms are de-
fined in section 40102 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6218 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as 
the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. W.O.C. KORT MILLER PLANTENBERG POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Min-
nesota, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘W.O.C. 
Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller 
Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6218 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, 
Minnesota, 
as 
the 
‘‘W.O.C. 
Kort 
Miller 
Plantenberg Post Office’’.
H. R. 6218 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner 
Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. W.O.C. KORT MILLER PLANTENBERG POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg 
Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6218 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller 
Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. EMMER (for himself, Mr. HAGEDORN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. FISCHBACH, and Mr. STAUBER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as 
the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. W.O.C. KORT MILLER PLANTENBERG POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Min-
nesota, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘W.O.C. 
Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller 
Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
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II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6218 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 15, 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as 
the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. W.O.C. KORT MILLER PLANTENBERG POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Min-
nesota, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘W.O.C. 
Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘W.O.C. Kort Miller 
Plantenberg Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6219 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of 
franchise fee, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. WELCH, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Ms. MENG, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CASE, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. PAYNE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the 
definition of franchise fee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Community 
Television Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF FRANCHISE FEE. 
Section 622(g)(1) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 542(g)(1)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘includes’’ and inserting 
‘‘means’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘other monetary’’ before ‘‘as-
sessment’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 621 
To prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the 
Maduro regime, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. 
MURPHY
of Florida, Ms. SALAZAR, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. 
GIMENEZ, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POSEY, 
and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit contracting with persons that have business 
operations with the Maduro regime, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Banning Operations 
and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian 
Regime Act’’ or the ‘‘BOLIVAR Act’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6222 
To provide for punishments for immigration-related fraud, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Ms. MENG, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for punishments for immigration-related fraud, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Immigrants 
From Legal Exploitation Act of 2021’’. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6220 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Min-
nesota, as the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHARLES P. NORD POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in 
Perham, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post 
Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. R. 6220 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd 
Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHARLES P. NORD POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6220 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Charles P. 
Nord Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mr. HAGEDORN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. OMAR, Mr. EMMER, and Mr. STAUBER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Min-
nesota, as the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHARLES P. NORD POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in 
Perham, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post 
Office’’. 
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II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6220 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 15, 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Min-
nesota, as the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CHARLES P. NORD POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in 
Perham, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Charles P. Nord Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Charles P. Nord Post 
Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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SECTION 1. JAMES A. ROGERS JR. POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in 
Winsted, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. 
Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6221 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in 
Winsted, Minnesota, as the ‘‘James A. Rogers 
Jr. Post Office’’.
H. R. 6221 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main 
Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JAMES A. ROGERS JR. POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post 
Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6221 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 15, 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, 
as the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. JAMES A. ROGERS JR. POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in 
Winsted, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘James A. Rogers Jr. 
Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6223 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to require any officer or employee 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive a COVID–19 vaccina-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. BURGESS, Mrs. BICE of Okla-
homa, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
MAST, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. GARBARINO, 
Mr. MOORE
of Alabama, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. 
FEENSTRA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to require any officer 
or employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to receive a COVID–19 vaccination, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDING. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Border Agents Stay Employed Act’’ or the ‘‘BASE Act’’. 
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(b) FINDING.—Congress finds that allowing for alter-
natives to the COVID–19 vaccination, such as regular 
testing and the wearing of masks, would allow U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection to retain more of its critical 
workforce. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MANDATING CBP EMPLOYEES TO 
RECEIVE COVID–19 VACCINE. 
Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, 
including Executive Order 14043 (86 Fed. Reg. 50989; 
relating to requiring coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination 
for Federal employees), during fiscal year 2022 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, no Federal funds may be obligated 
or expended to require any officer or employee of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to receive a COVID–19 
vaccine. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6224 
To prohibit payment of administrative funding to States with a high backlog 
of unprocessed unemployment claims, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prohibit payment of administrative funding to States 
with a high backlog of unprocessed unemployment 
claims, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fix the Unemployment 
Backlogs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
FUNDING TO STATES WITH HIGH BACKLOG 
OF UNPROCESSED UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any State in which 
the Secretary of Labor determines, as of the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, that the number of unprocessed unem-
ployment claims in the State is in excess of 45,000, the 
Secretary of Labor shall make no certification for payment 
of amounts for unemployment compensation administra-
tion under section 302 of the Social Security Act to such 
State at any time following the date that is 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act unless the Secretary de-
termines at such time that the number of unprocessed un-
employment claims in the State has been reduced to zero. 
(b) DEFINITION OF UNPROCESSED UNEMPLOYMENT 
CLAIM.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘un-
processed unemployment claim’’ means, with respect to a 
State, a claim for unemployment compensation filed in the 
State for which a determination of initial eligibility has 
not been made within 21 days of the date of filing. 
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1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 45U. LOW-INCOME HOUSING MAINTENANCE CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, in 
the case of an eligible landlord, the low-income housing 
maintenance credit determined under this section for the 
taxable year is an amount equal to the amount of the tax-
payer’s low-income housing maintenance expenses for such 
taxable year. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PER
UNIT
LIMITATION.—The credit al-
lowed under subsection (a) with respect to any tax-
payer for any taxable year shall not exceed the prod-
uct of $2,500 multiplied by the number of low-in-
come housing units owned by the taxpayer. 
‘‘(2) PER BUILDING LIMITATION.—The credit 
allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any tax-
payer for any taxable year shall not exceed the prod-
uct of $100,000 multiplied by the number of eligible 
low-income housing projects owned by the taxpayer. 
‘‘(3) PER TAXPAYER LIMITATION.—The credit 
allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any tax-
payer for any taxable year shall not exceed 
$500,000. 
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