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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2993
To authorize the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities
Program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 2021
Mr. POCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To authorize the Educational Partnerships for Innovation
in Communities Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Educational Partner-
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ships for Innovation in Communities Program Authoriza-
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tion Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR INNOVATION IN
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COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
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(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Transpor-
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tation, in coordination with the Secretary of Housing and
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Urban Development, shall competitively award a grant to
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a nonprofit organization to train and support institutions
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of higher education to better assist local governments, by
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leveraging existing graduate and undergraduate classes at
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a large scale in order to magnify impact, with projects of
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need.
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(b) AWARD AMOUNT AND DURATION.—The amount
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of an award made pursuant to this Act shall be not more
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than $10,000,000 and shall be made available for a period
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not to exceed 3 years.
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(c) PERMISSIBLE USE OF AWARD FUNDS.—Awards
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made pursuant to this Act may be used to enter into
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agreements with any additional entity needed in order to
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complete a project of need.
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act—
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(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
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has the meaning given in section 101 or section 102
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of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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1001, 1002(c));
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(2) the term ‘‘local government’’ means a coun-
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ty, municipality, town, township, village, parish, bor-
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ough, or other unit of general government below the
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state level;
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(3) the term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an
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entity that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the
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Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
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(4) the term ‘‘project of need’’ means a project
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identified by a local government that would benefit
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from the expertise of an institution of higher edu-
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cation’s faculty and students, and that advances a
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sustainable development goal; and
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(5) the term ‘‘sustainable development goal’’
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means a goal pertaining to climate change, home-
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lessness, housing affordability, disaster resiliency,
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equity, economic opportunity, workforce develop-
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ment, and other similar high-road development prin-
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ciples.
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
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authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the
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fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the purposes of car-
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rying out the provisions of this Act.
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