,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cece  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1       
#bjac,mr4 ,mc,nerney 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,gary ,g4 ,miller of ,california7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to    
authorize new empowerment zone          
designations for urban areas with high  
unemployment and high foreclosure rates1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,revitalize ,our ,cities ,act4  #b4     
,three-year extension and new           
empowerment zone designations for high  
unemployment and foreclosure areas  7a7 
,extension ,clause 7i7 of section       
#acia7;d77#a77;,a7 of the ,internal     
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
striking ,december #ca1 #bjac and       
inserting ,december #ca1 #bjaf4  7b7    
,additional designations ,section #acia 
of such ,code is amended by adding at   

the end the following new subsection3   
7i7 ,additional designations permitted  
7#a7 ,in general ,in addition to the    
areas designated under subsections 7a71 
7g71 and 7h71 the appropriate           
,secretaries may designate an additional
 #bj nominated areas as empowerment     
zones under this section1 subject to the
 availability of eligible nominated     
areas4 ,such zones shall be designated  
in urban areas4  7#b7 ,period           
designations may be made and take effect
 ,a designation may be made under this  
subsection after the date of the        
enactment of this subsection and before 
,january #a1 #bjae4  7#c7 ,modifications
 to eligibility criteria  7,a7          
,unemployment and foreclosure ,a        
nominated area shall be eligible for    
designation under this subsection only  
if the average unemployment rate and the
 average rate of residential and        
commercial foreclosures in the area are 
each higher than that of the ,state     
within which the area is located for the

 period beginning ,january #a1 #bjji1   
and ending with the date of the         
enactment of this subsection4  7,b7     
,population ,subparagraph 7,a7 of       
section #acib7;a77#a7 shall be applied  
without regard to clause 7ii7 thereof4  
4  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments  
made by this section shall take effect  
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act4