HR 4651 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

RECOMPETE Act

Introduced Jul 22, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Derek Kilmer D-WA

Latest action · Jul 23, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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.

IntroducedJul 22, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rebuilding Economies and Creating Opportunities for More People Everywhere To Excel Act or the RECOMPETE Act

This bill establishes a grant program to assist economically distressed local communities and labor markets that meet specified economic criteria, including employment criteria.

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) must award 10-year grants to a local government, tribal government, economic development district, or consortium of local government units located in such areas. Each grant recipient must develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address the economic challenges specific to the area. The grants may be used to increase employment opportunities, increase local per capita income, support economic development, and develop infrastructure and housing.

Additionally, the EDA must periodically evaluate each grant recipient based on certain benchmark criteria and annually report on the implementation of the program.

The bill specifies formulas for determining the grant amount for each community or market and the federal share of the cost of each program or activity conducted under the program.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2021 to Dec 21, 2022; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jul 22, 2021
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Jul 22, 2021
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Jul 22, 2021
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Jul 22, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Oct 20, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Oct 20, 2021
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Jan 6, 2022
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Dec 21, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jul 22, 2021
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Jul 23, 2021
	Highways and Transit Subcommittee	Referred Jul 23, 2021
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Jul 22, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jul 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2021Referred 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.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 129, July 22, 2021, page H3845.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2464	RECOMPETE Act	Related bill	Jul 22, 2021

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, to establish a RECOMPETE grant program to provide flexible, 10-year block grants for purposes of creating quality jobs, providing resources to help local residents access opportunities and attain and retain employment, increasing local per capita income and employment rates, and supporting long-term, sustained economic growth and opportunity in persistently distressed areas, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: RECOMPETE Act; Rebuilding Economies and Creating Opportunities for More People Everywhere To Excel Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House

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