# 114-hr-3046: Rebuilding America's Schools Act

114-hr-3046, Rebuilding America's Schools Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3046
- Congress: 114
- Title: Rebuilding America's Schools Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2015-07-13
- Sponsor: CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Rebuilding America's Schools Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified zone academy bonds issued to finance public school facilities, to: (1) extend the national limitation amount for such bonds through calendar year 2014 and then increase such amount and make it permanent after calendar year 2014, (2) expand the enumerated purposes of such bonds to include the construction of public school facilities in a qualified zone academy, (3) lower the private business contribution requirement for such bonds from 10% to 5% of the proceeds of the bond issue, and (4) designate such bonds as specified tax credit bonds.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2015-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2015-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2015-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2015-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2016-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2016-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2016-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act
- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-3046 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3046)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3046 (as of 2025-11-18).