{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-troy-carter-introduces-bill-expand-grants-public-works-and", "Congressman Troy Carter Introduces Bill to Expand Grants for Public Works and Economic Development Act", "2022-03-15", "2022", "2022-03", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. introduced legislation in the U.S. House that would create grants for eligible recipients to use for pre-development projects funded by the Public Works and Economic Development Act, commonly known as EDA.\n\nPre-development projects are tasks that need to be completed before construction in order to clear the way for infrastructure projects to move forward.\n\nThe bill amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act to create predevelopment grants for eligible recipients for:\n\nplanning and community asset mapping;\n\ntraining;\n\ntechnical assistance and organizational development;\n\nfeasibility and market studies;\n\ndemonstration projects;\n\norganizational capacity building;\n\norganizing and facilitating convenings; and\n\nother predevelopment activities determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.\n\n\u201cThe Public Works and Economic Development is a powerful law that has long helped communities boost their economic development and help struggling businesses make it through hard times,\u201d said Congressman Troy Carter. \u201cMany good ideas never move forward because they face barriers in the pre-development stage. The bill I introduced today will help these same communities jumpstart their projects by covering the costs of important pre-development activities such as inclusive community engagement and feasibility studies.\u201d\n\nThe Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 established the Economic Development Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide grants to economically distressed communities to support employment and industrial and commercial growth and requires reauthorization by Congress.\n\n\u201cWith a huge influx of infrastructure projects on the way thanks to funding from the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, this legislation is designed to help more economic development projects efficiently get off the drawing board and become reality,\u201d said Congressman Carter.\n\nThis bill to support pre-development projects will be under the jurisdiction of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The full text of the bill can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-troy-carter-introduces-bill-expand-grants-public-works-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7267861403524876, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}