S. 1743: Coal Community Empowerment Act of 2017
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S. 1743: Coal Community Empowerment Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-08-03 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-08-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Coal Community Empowerment Act of 2017
Plain summary
Coal Community Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize tax incentives and grants for areas impacted by employment in coal mines. Coal Community Zones are counties that either: (1) lost at least 50 coal mining jobs from 2011-2015 out of a total of not more than 20,000 employed workers in 2011, or (2) had at least 5% of their employment in coal mining on average from 2011-2015. For taxpayers located in or investing in the zones, the bill allows: additional tax-exempt bonds, an employment tax credit for hiring individuals in the zones, additional expensing for business property, a deduction for building or revitalizing a commercial building, the elimination of capital gains taxes on certain gains that are invested in zones, and additional new markets tax credits to finance projects in the zones. The Department of Labor and the Department of Education must jointly establish grant programs for: individual support accounts to fund education and training costs that will prepare individuals in zones for long-term, high-wage employment; the development, revamping, improvement, or expansion of education and training programs for zones in in-demand industry sectors or occupations or industries in local demand; and programs for businesses to provide in-house training and future employment to individuals in zones.
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Coal Community Empowerment Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] reported raising $226,248 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1743.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s1743 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115