Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Program Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2993
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-04
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Disaster relief and insurance

Economic development

Education programs funding

Employment and training programs

Higher education

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing supply and affordability

Natural disasters

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Program Authorization Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to award a competitive grant to a nonprofit organization to train and support institutions of higher education (IHEs) in assisting local governments by leveraging existing graduate and undergraduate classes for projects of need. <em>Project of need</em> refers to a project that (1) is identified by a local government that would benefit from the expertise of an IHE's faculty and students, and (2) advances a sustainable development goal (e.g., a goal related to climate change and housing affordability).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2993 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Program Authorization Act . 2. Educational partnerships for innovation in communities program authorized (a) Grant program The Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall competitively award a grant to a nonprofit organization to train and support institutions of higher education to better assist local governments, by leveraging existing graduate and undergraduate classes at a large scale in order to magnify impact, with projects of need. (b) Award amount and duration The amount of an award made pursuant to this Act shall be not more than $10,000,000 and shall be made available for a period not to exceed 3 years. (c) Permissible use of award funds Awards made pursuant to this Act may be used to enter into agreements with any additional entity needed in order to complete a project of need. (d) Definitions In this Act— (1) the term institution of higher education has the meaning given in section 101 or section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 , 1002(c)); (2) the term local government means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the state level; (3) the term nonprofit organization means an entity that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (4) the term project of need means a project identified by a local government that would benefit from the expertise of an institution of higher education’s faculty and students, and that advances a sustainable development goal; and (5) the term sustainable development goal means a goal pertaining to climate change, homelessness, housing affordability, disaster resiliency, equity, economic opportunity, workforce development, and other similar high-road development principles. (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act.