House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage economic development through the creation of additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and to encourage the cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 1996
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 27, 1996 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
25 cosponsors — 24 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 25 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), William Coyne (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Victor Frazer (I-VI), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jose Serrano (D-NY), John Spratt (D-SC), Esteban Torres (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.
- H.R. 3560 (104th) To designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown Federal Building".
- H.R. 540 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the exclusion for amounts received under group legal services plans permanent.
- H.Con.Res. 78 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that Social Security should be maintained and protected.
- H.R. 616 (104th) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1 Dollar Coin Act
- H.R. 883 (104th) Free Trade With Cuba Act
- H.R. 747 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.