3.0.0 1742 2020-02-10T16:50:57Z 2020-02-10T16:50:57Z House H HR 2005-04-20 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-09T16:14:23Z hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2005-05-09T16:11:03Z hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-09T15:56:57Z Referred to 2005-04-20T14:01:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-04-20T14:01:20Z America's Better Classroom Act of 2005 109 1538 S 2005-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2005-05-09 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2005-05-09 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2005-05-09 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2005-04-20 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-04-20 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-20 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-04-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 4/21/2005 E717-718) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 N F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2005-06-15 False E000226 Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] BOB ETHERIDGE D NC 2 2005-06-15 False W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2005-06-27 False S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2005-07-18 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2005-10-17 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2006-01-03 False M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2006-05-09 False Taxation Apprenticeship Building construction Charitable contributions Collection of accounts Commerce Community and school Construction costs Construction industries Construction workers Corporate philanthropy Curricula Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Education Education of the disadvantaged Educational planning Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee selection Enterprise zones Families Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Higher education Income tax Indian education Infrastructure Interest Labor and Employment Maintenance and repair Minorities Public schools School buildings School districts Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Skilled labor Social Welfare Tax credits Tax returns Tax-exempt securities Teacher education Vocational and technical education Volunteer workers Wages Taxation 00 2005-04-20 Introduced in House 2005-05-16T19:30:52Z America's Better Classroom Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified public school modernization bonds. Includes within the definition of "qualified public school modernization bonds" bonds for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility or for the acquisition of land for such facility (qualified school construction bonds) and bonds to finance certain academic programs below the postsecondary level in empowerment zones or enterprise communities (qualified zone academy bonds). Establishes a national limitation on the amount of bonds designated as public school construction bonds and zone academy bonds and provides for the allocation of bond amounts among the States according to a specified formula. Limits the term of such bonds to 15 years and terminates the authority for issuance of such bonds after September 30, 2010.

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to apply certain labor standards to public school construction projects financed by this Act.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require States to establish employment and training programs relating to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.

]]> America's Better Classroom Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced America's Better Classroom Act of 2005 Display Title America's Better Classroom Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools. Introduced in House 2005-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1742ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1742ih.xml 2005-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.