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HR 826 111th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Business investment and capital Economic development

Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of 2009

Introduced: March 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Feb 3, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Feb 3, 2009
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.
Feb 3, 2009
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Feb 3, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E181-182)
Feb 3, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to a state or local government, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit economic development organization to: (1) assess the potential for the development or enhancement of business clusters (geographic concentrations of business entities that are in competing, complementary, or interdependent firms and industries, that do business with one another, and that have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure); (2) establish cluster development programs in regions determined by the Secretary to qualify for a grant or which have been designated by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 as areas in which regional development commissions have been established; and (3) promote cluster development programs in such regions and support the staff who operate such programs.

Limits: (1) the federal share of the cost of projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act to 50%; and (2) the portion of the non-federal share of project costs that may be provided through in-kind contributions to 50%.

What's happening now February 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4666 Related bill Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 23, 2009
Giffords, Gabrielle
· Mar 6, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 826: Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-826/
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