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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 Transportation 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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Educational Partner5 ships for Innovation in Communities Program Authoriza6 tion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR INNOVATION IN 

2 COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

3 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Transpor4 tation, in coordination with the Secretary of Housing and 

5 Urban Development, shall competitively award a grant to 

6 a nonprofit organization to train and support institutions 

7 of higher education to better assist local governments, by 

8 leveraging existing graduate and undergraduate classes at 

9 a large scale in order to magnify impact, with projects of 

10 need. 

11 (b) AWARD AMOUNT AND DURATION.—The amount 

12 of an award made pursuant to this Act shall be not more 

13 than $10,000,000 and shall be made available for a period 

14 not to exceed 3 years. 

15 (c) PERMISSIBLE USE OF AWARD FUNDS.—Awards 

16 made pursuant to this Act may be used to enter into 

17 agreements with any additional entity needed in order to 

18 complete a project of need. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 

20 (1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

21 has the meaning given in section 101 or section 102 

22 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 1001, 1002(c)); 

24 (2) the term ‘‘local government’’ means a coun25 ty, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Jul 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2993.IH H2993

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1 ough, or other unit of general government below the 

2 state level; 

3 (3) the term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an 

4 entity that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

6 (4) the term ‘‘project of need’’ means a project 

7 identified by a local government that would benefit 

8 from the expertise of an institution of higher edu9 cation’s faculty and students, and that advances a 

10 sustainable development goal; and 

11 (5) the term ‘‘sustainable development goal’’ 

12 means a goal pertaining to climate change, home13 lessness, housing affordability, disaster resiliency, 

14 equity, economic opportunity, workforce develop15 ment, and other similar high-road development prin16 ciples. 

17 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the 

19 fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the purposes of car20 rying out the provisions of this Act. 

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