Rural Jobs Act
Summary
Rural Jobs Act This bill allocates an additional $500 million in 2022 and 2023 for new markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone (an area comprised of low-income communities with populations not greater than 50,000 that are not adjacent to an urbanized area). The bill also requires that at least 25% of such investments be made in areas that are persistent poverty counties, high migration rural counties, or both.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 18, 2021
Last action May 18, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
May 18, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 18, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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