# 115-hr-3584: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain credits against tax related to empowerment zones.

115-hr-3584, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain credits against tax related to empowerment zones., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3584
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain credits against tax related to empowerment zones.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2017-07-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to empowerment zones, to: (1) extend the termination date for empowerment zone designations to December 31, 2020, and (2) allow nominations for existing zones to be amended to provide for the new termination date. (Empowerment zones are federally designated geographic areas where certain federal tax incentives and grants are allowed to increase investment and employment.) The bill also extends the $400 million annual limitation for qualified zone academy bonds to 2018, 2019, and 2020. (Under current law, the limit is zero after 2016 unless provisions permitting the carryover of unused limitation apply.)

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-3584 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3584)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3584 (as of 2025-11-18).