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I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5824 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2006 Ms. Hart introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award a grant to the Manchester Bidwell Corporation to improve, expand, and replicate the arts and technology education centers operated by such corporation.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Manchester Bidwell Center for Arts and Technology Act.

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Grant to Manchester Bidwell Corporation

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Labor is authorized to award a grant to the Manchester Bidwell Corporation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania, to improve, expand, and replicate the arts and technology education centers operated by such corporation. (b)

Activities

The Manchester Bidwell Corporation may use the grant awarded under this Act to conduct any of the following activities: (1)Development of a business plan to replicate at other locations in the United States the arts and technology education centers modeled after the Manchester Bidwell Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (2)Implementation of the business plan developed under paragraph (1) at locations in the United States where there is an interest in establishing arts and technology education centers similar to the arts and technology education centers operated by the Manchester Bidwell Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and (3)any other activities the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (c)

Matching requirement

In order to be eligible to receive the grant described in subsection (a), the Manchester Bidwell Corporation shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources (in cash or in kind), in an amount equal to or greater than the Federal funds received in accordance with subsection (a), to carry out the activities supported by the grant.

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Authorization of Appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated in the aggregate $6,000,000 for fiscal years 2007 through 2009, to carry out this Act.