House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Economic Opportunity for Distressed Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9203.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4964):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish special rules for capital gains invested in brownfield and Superfund sites.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 296 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9203, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 30, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 30, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards.
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- H.R. 5473 (118th) Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2024
- H.R. 6241 (118th) FULL Act
- H.R. 2830 (118th) Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023
- H.R. 5967 (118th) Unemployment Integrity Act of 2023
- H.R. 5104 (118th) National Dam Safety Program Reauthorization Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.