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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8688" measure-id="id117hr8688" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-08-09" update-date="2023-01-05">
        <title>To establish a grant program for certain institutions of higher education to plan and implement projects for economic and community development in economically distressed communities, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8688v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-01-05">
            <action-date>2022-08-09</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p>This bill requires the Economic Development Administration to award grants to designated institutions of higher education located in distressed communities for use in projects including developing commercial infrastructure, building municipal broadband networks, and training health care professionals.</p>
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