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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4781 
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants for the establishment 
of information technology centers in rural areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 
Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. GILLMOR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants for 
the establishment of information technology centers in 
rural areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Information 
Technology Investment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR RURAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
CENTERS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall make 
grants of not more than $250,000 to eligible entities for 
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the establishment of information technology centers in 
rural areas. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible recipients may be 
any small business or not for profit organization or busi-
nesses operating in a rural area. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this Act, 
an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary in such time and manner, and having such content, 
as the Secretary may by rule require. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this Act, the 
Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that— 
(1) promote information technology research 
and development at colleges and universities in rural 
areas; 
(2) are located in a county with an unemploy-
ment rate, as determined on the basis the most re-
cent data available from the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, of at least 1.1 times the national unemployment 
rate for the period to which such data relate; 
(3) are certified by the Small Business Admin-
istration as a qualified HUBZone small business; or 
(4) work in conjunction with a local Workforce 
Investment Board (established pursuant to section 
117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2832)). 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the secretary 
of Labor; 
(2) the term ‘‘information technology’’ means 
the use of hardware, software, services, and sup-
porting infrastructure to manage and deliver infor-
mation using voice, data, and video by means of a 
computer or data network or networks; 
(3) the term ‘‘information technology center’’ 
means a for profit or not for profit business venture 
that offers information technology services including 
application maintenance and support, application de-
velopment, help desk services, personal computer 
maintenance and support, network management, 
data center management, database management, 
server management, or web hosting, and is designed 
to expand high tech job opportunities in rural areas; 
and 
(4) the term ‘‘rural area’’ means a territory 
outside an urbanized area or urban cluster, as such 
terms are defined by the Census Bureau. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry out 
this Act. 
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