3.0.0 912 2023-01-11T19:45:49Z 2023-01-11T19:45:49Z Senate S S 2007-03-19 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-19T18:30:39Z America's Better Classrooms Act of 2007 110 2470 HR 2007-07-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2007-03-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-03-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3275) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-03-19 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-03-19 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-06-04 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-06-04 False C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2007-06-13 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-06-14 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-06-18 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-06-22 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-06-27 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-08-01 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-09-10 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-11-16 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-02-04 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-05-06 False Taxation Apprenticeship Bonds 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 Teacher education Vocational and technical education Volunteer workers Wages Taxation 00 2007-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-02T19:55:11Z America's Better Classroom Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified public school modernization bonds, defined to include: (1) 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); (2) bonds to finance certain academic programs below the postsecondary level in empowerment zones or enterprise communities (qualified zone academy bonds); and (3) bonds for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of certain Indian tribal schools (qualified tribal school modernization bonds). Establishes a national limitation on the issuance of such 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, 2008 (December 31, 2013, for qualified tribal school modernization bonds).

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 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title America's Better Classroom Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced America's Better Classroom Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s912is/xml/BILLS-110s912is.xml 2007-03-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.