To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for equity investments in community development financial institutions.

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

33 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 31 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), David Bonior (D-MI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), William Coyne (D-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), John Olver (D-MA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.

• H.R. 611 (105th) To close the United States Army School of the Americas.
• H.Res. 131 (105th) Zero to Three Resolution for Early Childhood Development
• H.R. 3661 (105th) Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health and Medical Research Act of 1998
• H.R. 2997 (105th) Fairness in the Workplace Commission Act
• H.Res. 171 (105th) To urge the Federal Communications Commission to commence an inquiry on distilled spirits advertising on television and radio.
• H.Res. 182 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding marches in Northern Ireland.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-8 district