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7 U.S. Code § 2008w. Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Eligible entityThe term “eligible entity” means a rural jobs accelerator partnership established after December 20, 2018, that—
(A) organizes key community and regional stakeholders into a working group that—
(i)
focuses on the shared goals and needs of the industry clusters that are objectively identified as existing, emerging, or declining;
(ii)
represents a region defined by the partnership in accordance with subparagraph (B);
(iii) includes 1 or more representatives of—
(I)
an institution of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of title 20);
(II)
a private entity; or
(III)
a government entity; and
(iv) has, as a lead applicant—
(I)
a District Organization (as defined in section 300.3 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation));
(II)
an Indian tribe (as defined in section 5304 of title 25), or a consortium of Indian tribes;
(III)
a State or a political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions;
(IV)
an institution of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of title 20) or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or
(V)
a public or private nonprofit organization; and
(B) subject to approval by the Secretary, may—
(i) serve a region that is—
(I)
a single jurisdiction; or
(II)
if the region is a rural area, multijurisdictional; and
(ii) define the region that the partnership represents, if the region—
(I)
is large enough to contain critical elements of the industry cluster prioritized by the partnership;
(II)
is small enough to enable close collaboration among members of the partnership;
(III) includes a majority of communities that are located in—
(aa)
a nonmetropolitan area that qualifies as a low-income community (as defined in section 45D(e) of title 26); and
(bb)
an area that has access to or has a plan to achieve broadband service (within the meaning of title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.)); and
(IV)
(aa)
has a population of 50,000 or fewer inhabitants; or
(bb)
for a region with a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants, is the subject of a positive determination by the Secretary with respect to a rural-in-character petition, including such a petition submitted concurrently with the application of the partnership for a grant under this section.