H.R. 3735: Manufacturing Communities Investment Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-12-12 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-12-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Manufacturing Communities Investment Act

Plain summary

Manufacturing Communities Investment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the new markets tax credit, to: (1) increase to $5 billion and extend through 2016 the national limitation amount for such credit, and (2) allow an additional $1 billion allocation of such credit in 2014, 2015, and 2016, for a qualified community development entity only if a significant mission of such entity is providing investments and services to manufacturing businesses in communities that have suffered major manufacturing job losses or a major job loss event.

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Official text

Manufacturing Communities Investment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3735.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3735 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113