Southern Empowerment and Economic Development Act to authorize the Delta Black Belt Regional Authority
Latest action · Mar 10, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Authority to establish a Constituency Representation Board which shall: (1) ascertain State and congressional district community strategic planning efforts; and (2) evaluate and fund programs.
Amends the Delta Development Act to revise the definition of the "Lower Mississippi" region.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2003 to Sep 24, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 27, 2003 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Feb 27, 2003 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Feb 27, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 6, 2003 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Mar 6, 2003 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Mar 6, 2003 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Mar 13, 2003 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 13, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Mar 20, 2003 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-LA | Christopher John | Mar 31, 2003 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Mar 31, 2003 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Mar 31, 2003 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Frank W. Ballance Jr. | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Sep 24, 2003 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2003 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Feb 27, 2003 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2003 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 12, 2003 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2003 |
| Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2003 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Feb 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
- Feb 12, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Feb 11, 2003Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2003Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H419 | Artur Davis D-AL | Feb 12, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45997 | Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function | Report | Sep 17, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for comprehensive community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region while leveraging existing efforts, entities, and resources.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Southern Empowerment and Economic Development Act to authorize the Delta Black Belt Regional Authority
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Access to health care
- Adult education
- Agricultural credit
- Agriculture and Food
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Authorization
- Church and social problems
- Colleges
- Community development
- Community organization
- Compensatory education
- Congress
- Congressional districts
- Congressional reporting requirements
- County politics and government
- Depressed areas
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Florida
- Georgia
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Labor and Employment
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Public meetings
- Regional economic development
- Regional planning
- Religion
- Residential rehabilitation
- Rural economic development
- Rural education
- Secondary education
- South Carolina
- Sunset legislation
- Term limits
- Texas
- Transportation and Public Works
- Virginia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2003Introduced in House
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