[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 503 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 503

To designate the Youngstown-Warren area of Ohio as an empowerment zone 
        under subchapter U of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1999

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the Youngstown-Warren area of Ohio as an empowerment zone 
        under subchapter U of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN AREA OF OHIO AS AN 
              EMPOWERMENT ZONE.

    Section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Designation of youngstown-warren area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Youngstown-Warren area of 
                Ohio is hereby designated as an empowerment zone under 
                this subchapter.
                    ``(B) Definition of youngstown-warren area.--For 
                purposes of this paragraph, the Youngstown-Warren area 
                of Ohio is the area covered by the application 
                submitted on October 5, 1998, by the State of Ohio and 
                the local governments of Youngstown, Ohio, and Warren, 
                Ohio, to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
                for designation as an empowerment zone in an urban area 
                under this subchapter.
                    ``(C) Effective date.--The designation made by this 
                paragraph shall take effect as of December 31, 1998.''.
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