3.0.0 2464 2023-01-01T23:42:49Z 2023-01-01T23:42:49Z Senate S 2021-07-22 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-22T19:32:00Z RECOMPETE Act 117 4651 HR 2021-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 2021-07-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2021-07-22 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-07-22 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-07-22 True Commerce Child care and development Community life and organization Commuting Congressional oversight Economic development Economic performance and conditions Employee hiring Employment and training programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Housing supply and affordability Indian social and development programs Infrastructure development Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Labor market Land use and conservation Manufacturing Minority employment Motor vehicles Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Public contracts and procurement Public transit Public-private cooperation Regional and metropolitan planning Roads and highways Small business Unemployment Women's employment Commerce 00 2021-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-28T18:51:05Z Rebuilding Economies and Creating Opportunities for More People To Excel Act or the RECOMPETE Act

This bill establishes a grant program to assist economically distressed local communities and labor markets that meet specified economic criteria, including employment criteria.

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) must award 10-year grants to a local government, tribal government, economic development district, or consortium of local government units located in such areas. Each grant recipient must develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address the economic challenges specific to the area. The grants may be used to increase employment opportunities, increase local per capita income, support economic development, and develop infrastructure and housing.

Additionally, the EDA must periodically evaluate each grant recipient based on certain benchmark criteria and annually report on the implementation of the program.

The bill specifies formulas for determining the grant amount for each community or market and the federal share of the cost of each program or activity conducted under the program.

]]> RECOMPETE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, to establish a RECOMPETE grant program to provide flexible, 10-year block grants for purposes of creating quality jobs, providing resources to help local residents access opportunities and attain and retain employment, increasing local per capita income and employment rates, and supporting long-term, sustained economic growth and opportunity in persistently distressed areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title RECOMPETE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced RECOMPETE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Rebuilding Economies and Creating Opportunities for More People to Excel Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2464is/xml/BILLS-117s2464is.xml 2021-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.