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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5098 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5098

   To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make predevelopment grants, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2023

   Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Graves of Louisiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Financial Services, 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

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make predevelopment grants, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Economic Empowerment Through 
Predevelopment Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PREDEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

    (a) Predevelopment Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Title II of the Public Works and Economic 
        Development Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after section 
        207 (42 U.S.C. 3147) the following:

``SEC. 208. PREDEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

    ``(a) Predevelopment Grants.--On the application of an eligible 
recipient, the Secretary may make grants or cooperative agreements 
for--
            ``(1) community asset mapping;
            ``(2) training;
            ``(3) technical assistance and organizational development;
            ``(4) feasibility, environmental, and market studies;
            ``(5) demonstration projects;
            ``(6) organizational capacity building;
            ``(7) organizing and facilitating convenings;
            ``(8) permitting, including professional services; and
            ``(9) other predevelopment activities determined by the 
        Secretary to be appropriate.
    ``(b) Application Assistance.--In the case of a project under this 
section that provides assistance to 1 or more eligible recipients with 
low organizational capacity, as determined by the Secretary, the 
Secretary may waive the prohibition under section 213.''.
            (2) Cost sharing.--Section 204(c)(3) of the Public Works 
        and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3144(c)(3)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ``and 
                predevelopment grants'' after ``and technical 
                assistance''; and
                    (B) by striking ``section 207'' and inserting 
                ``section 207 or 208''.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents contained in 
        section 1(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
        of 1965 (79 Stat. 552; 112 Stat. 3597; 118 Stat. 1761) is 
        amended by inserting after the item relating to section 207 the 
        following:

``Sec. 208. Predevelopment grants.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Direct expenditure or redistribution by recipient.--
        Section 217(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
        of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3154c(a)) is amended by striking ``or 207'' 
        and inserting ``207, or 208''.
            (2) Powers of secretary.--Section 601(a)(12) of the Public 
        Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
        3211(a)(12)) is amended by striking ``section 207'' and 
        inserting ``sections 207 and 208''.
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