# 114-hr-5498: Revitalize Our Cities Act

114-hr-5498, Revitalize Our Cities Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5498
- Congress: 114
- Title: Revitalize Our Cities Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-06-16
- Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Revitalize Our Cities Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2019 the period for designating an empowerment zone (an area in which tax incentives are allowed to increase investment and employment). The Department of Housing and Urban Development may designate, prior to January 1, 2018, 20 additional empowerment zones in urban areas in which the average unemployment rate and the average rate of residential and commercial foreclosures are each higher than that of the state within which the area is located for the period beginning January 1, 2012, and ending with the date of enactment of this bill.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6394: Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6323: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in Long Beach, California, the "Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center".
- 114-hr-6268: Reducing Gangs and Recidivism Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6211: Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6165: Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6164: Inclusive Campuses Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5498 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5498)

## Related
- [114-hr-6394: Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6394)
- [114-hr-6323: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in Long Beach, Ca…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6323)
- [114-hr-6268: Reducing Gangs and Recidivism Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6268)
- [114-hr-6211: Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6211)
- [114-hr-6165: Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6165)
- [114-hr-6164: Inclusive Campuses Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6164)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5498 (as of 2025-11-18).