SouthEast Crescent Authority Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-66
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Alabama
Auditing
Citizen participation
Community development
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
County politics and government
Depressed areas
Federal-state relations
Florida
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
High technology
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Mississippi
Nonprofit organizations
North Carolina
Presidential appointments
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
South Carolina
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Southeast Crescent Authority Act of 2007 - Establishes a Southeast Crescent Authority for all parts of the following southeastern states not eligible for assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission or the Delta Regional Authority: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
 
Directs the Authority to perform various functions, including: (1) formulating plans and programs to spur economic development, and approving grants to states and public and nonprofit entities toward that end; (2) establishing priorities in a development plan for the region; (3) supporting local development districts, and creating them where they do not exist; and (4) encouraging private investment in the region. 
 
Permits the Authority to request and receive federal, state and local government personnel as employees. 
 
States that Authority grants for infrastructure development may be made only to state or local governments. Permits Authority grants for job training, employment-related education, business development, assisting severely distressed and poor areas, or for other purposes in accordance with this Act. 
 
Allows the Authority to designate annually: (1) distressed counties; and (2) isolated areas of distress in nondistressed counties. 
 
Directs the Authority to garner public participation in the development, revision, and implementation of its plans and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House