jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2012-12-13 00:00:00

Urban Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any capital gain from the sale or exchange of a stock, partnership, or business property interest invested in an enterprise zone area which had an average unemployment rate of not less than 150% of the national average rate during the preceding calendar year and which experienced a population loss of at least 20% during the 10-year period beginning in 2000.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2012-12-13 00:00:00

Urban Recovery and Growth Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of economic development extension bonds for the purpose of economic development or refinancing the indebtedness of a city that has an average unemployment rate of not less than 150% of the national average in the preceding calendar year and that has lost at least 20% of its population between 2000 and 2010.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2011-03-17 00:00:00

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make competitive grants to local governments, public housing agencies (PHAs), community development corporations, assisted housing owners, and other for-profit and nonprofit entities to implement transformational programs in eligible neighborhoods with a concentration of extreme poverty, severely distressed housing, and a potential for long-term viability, once certain key problems are addressed. Requires such programs to include neighborhoods with characteristics such as proximity to educational institutions, medical centers, central business districts, major employers, effective transportation alternatives (including public transit, walking, and bicycling), and low poverty neighborhoods. Prohibits the use of such grants for construction or rehabilitation of a K-12 school building or a higher educational institution. Limits the use of grants for certain non-housing activities and supportive services. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations. Exempts from specified requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937 the demolition and disposition of severely distressed public and assisted housing pursuant to a transformation plan.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Commerce
Date: 2011-05-12 00:00:00

Monroe County HUBZone Act of 2011 - Provides that, for purposes of the Small Business Act, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, shall be a HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) until not earlier than October 1, 2014.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Commerce
Date: 2012-03-06 00:00:00

Shuttle Workforce Revitalization Act of 2012 - Makes Brevard County, Florida, a HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) until no earlier than January 1, 2020.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-02-13 00:00:00

Authorizes a state or state agency to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-02-13 00:00:00

Restore our Neighborhoods Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a new category of tax credit bonds to be known as qualified urban demolition bonds. Allows the issuance of $4 billion of such bonds for the purpose of demolishing vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties in urban areas. Provides for the allocation of $2 billion to all states to fund such demolition projects, and an additional $2 billion for certain other states in which at least 49% of total housing units were built before 1980 and which have greater numbers of vacant or foreclosed properties and higher unemployment rates (qualified states).

Authorizes the use of funds from the Hardest Hit Fund program established by title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to be used to demolish blighted structures.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2013-02-15 00:00:00

Build America Bonds Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the issuance authority for Build America Bonds and the authority for payments to issuers of such bonds, (2) make phased reductions in the credit percentage to bondholders and the percentage of payments to issuers of such bonds, (3) allow refundings of currently issued bonds, and (4) allow the use of Build America bonds to fund capital expenditures for levees and flood control projects.

Provides for an increase in payments to issuers of Build America bonds to compensate for reductions in the amount of such payments due to sequestration.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2013-02-27 00:00:00

Historic Homeownership Revitalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a new tax credit for 20% of rehabilitation expenditures for a historic home used as a principal residence, up to $60,000; and (2) increase the rehabilitation tax credit for residential rental property located in economically distressed areas with high construction costs.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-03-21 00:00:00

Project Rebuild Act of 2013 - Appropriates funds for assistance to eligible entities including state and local governments, and qualified nonprofit organizations, businesses or eligible consortia for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties and for stabilization of affected neighborhoods (Project Rebuild).

Allows the use of funds to: (1) establish financing mechanisms for the purchase and redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties; (2) purchase and rehabilitate such properties; (3) establish and operate land banks for them; (4) demolish blighted structures (except public housing); and (5) redevelop abandoned, foreclosed, demolished, or vacant properties.

Requires each state to receive at least $20 million of formula funds, all of which shall be used with respect to low and moderate-income individuals and families.

Requires each state and local government grantee to establish procedures to create preferences for development of affordable rental housing.

Allows a grantee to use up to 10% to create jobs by establishing and operating a program to maintain eligible neighborhood properties.

Sets forth Buy American requirements.

 Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on federally-assisted projects to be paid wages at the locally prevailing rates (Davis-Bacon Act).
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-04-15 00:00:00

Revitalize America Act of 2013 - Permits a state or state agency to use up to 25% of amounts of assistance allocated to it through the Hardest Hit Fund program for demolition of foreclosed-upon properties and related expenses.

Limits such assistance to: (1) a grantee public organization that administers the demolition, and (2) only if the foreclosed-upon properties are owned by the grantee at the time of the demolition.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-06-19 00:00:00

Creating Jobs Through Cooperatives Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a National Cooperative Development Program to create jobs and increase economic development in eligible project areas by promoting cooperative development.

Defines "eligible project areas" as those located within:

 a census tract defined as low- or moderate-income by the Census Bureau; a population census tract treated as a low-income community under the Internal Revenue Code; or areas adjacent or close to areas that meet either requirement, and are given special HUD approval to be classified as eligible project areas. (Requires the Secretary to limit the number of funded projects located in these areas.) Defines "cooperative development" as specified technical assistance for the establishment of cooperative organizations, which are autonomous associations of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

Authorizes the Secretary, through a competitive process, to make one- to -five-year grants to local cooperative development centers.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2013-11-19 00:00:00

Revitalize Our Cities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the period for designating an empowerment zone (an area in which tax incentives are allowed to increase investment and employment).

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate, prior to January 1, 2015, 20 additional empowerment zones in urban areas in which the average unemployment rate and the average rate of residential and commercial foreclosures are each higher than that of the state within which the area is located for the period beginning January 1, 2009, and ending with the date of enactment of this Act.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2014-03-06 00:00:00

Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing Program, under which the Secretary may guarantee the repayment of loans made by lenders to local governments, local redevelopment agencies, or Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) redevelopment projects to carry out projects for redeveloping brownfields and promoting urban renewal.

Requires such an entity, in order to receive such a loan guarantee, to submit: (1) a master plan that describes the proposed brownfield redevelopment project, demonstrates that such project will result in major redevelopment, provides evidence of investment commitments from non-federal entities, and includes a remediation action plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and (2) a certification from EPA that the brownfield to be redeveloped requires environmental remediation. Prohibits an entity from: (1) receiving a loan guarantee if it was responsible for contaminating the brownfield to be redeveloped, or (2) having more than one outstanding loan that is guaranteed under the Program.

Sets forth requirements regarding an eligible loan's principal amount, interest rate, duration, and repayment terms. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria for selecting entities to receive loan guarantees.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-04-10 00:00:00

Growth Zones Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend: (1) through 2020, tax incentives for areas designated as empowerment zones; (2) through 2025, the increased exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale or exchange of the small business stock of empowerment zone businesses; and (3) through 2020, tax incentives for areas designated as a renewal community.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-06-23 00:00:00

Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate up to 20 areas as Promise Zones for purposes of priority consideration in federal grant programs and initiatives.

Defines a "Promise Zone" as any area with a continuous boundary and a population of not more than 200,000 that is nominated by a local government or Indian tribe and designated on the basis of its unemployment rate, poverty rate, household income, labor force participation, and educational attainment. Requires an application for designation as a Promise Zone to include a competitiveness plan that addresses the need of the area to attract investment and jobs and improve educational opportunities.

Allows: (1) a Promise Zone employment tax credit for wages paid to a qualified zone or resident employee, and (2) expensing of Promise Zone property.

Defines "Promise Zone property" as property that is: (1) tangible property with a recovery period of 20 years or less for depreciation purposes, water utility property, computer software, or qualified leasehold improvement property; (2) acquired by purchase for use in the active conduct of a trade or business; and (3) originally placed in service in a Promise Zone.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Commerce
Date: 2014-07-11 00:00:00

HUBZone Equity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to redefine "HUBZone small business concern" as a small business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens (as under current law) or lawful permanent residents of the United States.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-07-30 00:00:00

Urban Core Revitalization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the rehabilitation tax credit, to include a 15% credit for any qualified rehabilitated building (other than a certified historic structure) located in a low-income community.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00

Bringing Urgent Investment to Local Development Act or the BUILD Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for investment in Build America bonds, to: (1) make permanent the authority for issuance of such bonds, (2) phase in an annual reduction in the credit rate for bondholders and issuers between 2014 and 2019, and (3) allow an issuer a refundable credit amount for investment in economic development bonds in cities with specified unemployment and poverty rates and population loss.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2014-09-18 00:00:00

Foreclosure Restitution Act of 2014 - Appropriates specified funds from any amounts received by the Treasury as a civil monetary penalty from the recent settlement agreement between the United States, together with specified individual states, and the Bank of America, together with current and former subsidiaries and affiliates, to remain available until expended.

Limits the use of the funds to providing assistance, under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), to states and local governments for redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes.

Permits the use of the funds to assist in providing affordable housing or to mitigate indirect costs relating to foreclosures on residential mortgages.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2014-09-18 00:00:00

CDBG Grant Return Act of 2014 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize any metropolitan city, urban county, local government, Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives amounts from a community development block grant (CDBG), at its sole discretion, to return to the Treasury any or all of such amounts.

Allows each entity, at its discretion, to retain and use for any purpose up to 10% of such returned funds.

Requires the returned funds to be covered into the Treasury General Fund. Prohibits them from being reallocated, redistributed, or otherwise made available under the Act.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-03-04 00:00:00

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make competitive grants to local governments, public housing agencies (PHAs), community development corporations, assisted housing owners, and other for-profit and nonprofit entities to implement transformational programs in eligible neighborhoods with a concentration of extreme poverty, severely distressed housing, and a potential for long-term viability, once certain key problems are addressed.

Requires such programs to include neighborhoods with characteristics such as proximity to educational institutions, medical centers, central business districts, major employers, effective transportation alternatives (including public transit, walking, and bicycling), and low poverty neighborhoods.

Prohibits the use of such grants for construction or rehabilitation of a K-12 school building or a higher educational institution. Limits the use of grants for certain non-housing activities and supportive services. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations.

Exempts from specified requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937 the demolition and disposition of severely distressed public and assisted housing pursuant to a transformation plan.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2013-06-10 00:00:00

Neighborhood Safety Act of 2013 - Authorizes the use of any amounts of assistance allocated for or provided to a state or state agency through the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-12-18 00:00:00

Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal assistance (e.g., loans, loan guarantees, or purchases) from being provided to: (1) a state, municipality, zip code, or rural area (eligible entity) other than an entity that is designated an Economic Free Zone by this Act; (2) a municipality that is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding; or (3) a state or municipality that is insolvent.

Sets forth requirements for the designation of an eligible entity as an Economic Freedom Zone, including bankruptcy eligibility, insolvency, or pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax incentives for investment in an Economic Freedom Zone, including; (1) a  5% flat tax rate on the taxable income of individuals and corporations, (2) a 0% capital gains tax rate for gain from the sale or exchange of Economic Freedom Zone assets or real property, (3) reduced employment tax rates, and (4) an increase in the expensing allowance for business property in an Economic Freedom Zone.

Exempts an area designated as an Economic Freedom Zone from: (1) compliance with specified environmental regulations, (2) requirements applicable to a National Heritage Area, and (3) wage rate requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit, up to $5,000 in a taxable year, for the elementary and secondary education expenses of a student attending a public, private, or religious school whose principal residence is located in an Economic Freedom Zone; (2) a tax-exempt Economic Freedom Zone educational savings account for individuals whose principal residence is located in an Economic Freedom Zone; and (3) a tax credit, in lieu of a tax deduction, for contributions to a charitable organization serving individuals in an Economic Freedom Zone.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a special allocation of grant funds under such Act for the benefit of children from families residing in an Economic Freedom Zone whose incomes are below the federal poverty level.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with the Secretary of Labor, to issue Special Economic Freedom Zone Visas to aliens meeting certain educational and skill requirements who intend to enter the United States to invest in an Economic Freedom Zone.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that state and local governments should review and adopt specified policy recommendations relating to pension reform, tax reduction, adoption of school choice options, adoption of right-to-work laws, streamlining the regulatory burden, and reducing or fixing abandoned structures.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-07-14 00:00:00

Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate up to 20 areas as Promise Zones for purposes of priority consideration in federal grant programs and initiatives.

Defines a "Promise Zone" as any area with a continuous boundary and a population of not more than 200,000 that is nominated by a local government or Indian tribe and designated on the basis of its unemployment, poverty, vacancy, and crime rates. Requires an application for designation as a Promise Zone to include a competitiveness plan that addresses the need of the area to attract investment and jobs and improve educational opportunities.

Allows: (1) a Promise Zone employment tax credit for wages paid to a qualified zone or resident employee, and (2) expensing of Promise Zone property.

Defines "Promise Zone property" as property that is: (1) tangible property with a recovery period of 20 years or less for depreciation purposes, water utility property, computer software, or qualified leasehold improvement property; (2) acquired by purchase for use in the active conduct of a trade or business; and (3) originally placed in service in a Promise Zone.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00

Local Empowerment Act - Revises requirements for the apportionment of state planning funds to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs).

Requires a state's apportionment to be distributed in accordance with a formula that prioritizes the needs of high performing MPOs.

Revises certain allocations of surface transportation program funds to states for: (1) any areas with a population of fewer (under current law, non-urban areas with more) than 5,000, and (2) urbanized areas with a population of more than 200,000 that have a high performing MPO.

Extends for FY2015-FY2018 a state's obligational authority to distribute a specified amount of surface transportation program funds for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs in urbanized areas with a population over 200,000, including those areas that have a high performing MPO.

Makes permanent a special rule authorizing a state to obligate up to 15% of its apportionment of surface transportation program funds for each fiscal on roads functionally classified as minor collectors in areas of less than 5,000 population.

Defines "consolidated metropolitan planning organization" to mean a sole MPO that serves a metropolitan statistical area.

Prescribes requirements for the designation of new and consolidation of multiple MPOs within a metropolitan statistical area.

Allows a MPO for an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 to request that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) designate it as a high performing MPO. Specifies criteria the Secretary shall consider in making such designation.

Makes similar changes to requirements for the transportation alternatives program.
Topic: Housing — Urban Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2015-03-18 00:00:00

Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act 

 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for a supermarket building placed in service after December 31, 2015, and before January 1, 2018, in an underserved area (i.e., any enterprise community or empowerment zone and any renewal community); (2) increase by $1,000 the limit on wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for employees of a supermarket located in an underserved area; and (3) allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables in a supermarket in an underserved area.