Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term applicable area — with respect to a local labor market, local community, or partial local labor market— means— the geographical area of the local labor market, local community, or partial local labor market; and each corresponding unit of local government in the geographical area described in subclause (I); and does not include any Tribal land in the geographical area described in clause (i)(I), unless the Tribal government with jurisdiction over the Tribal land elects to participate in an applicable cooperation agreement under section 3(b)(2)(B); and with respect to a Tribal government, means the Tribal land subject to the jurisdiction of the Tribal government.
The term applicant means— a unit of general local government, such as a county or a county equivalent (including a borough in the State of Alaska and a parish in the State of Louisiana), city, town, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State; the District of Columbia; a territory or possession of the United States; a Tribal government; a State-authorized political subdivision or other entity, such as a special-purpose entity engaged in economic development activities; a public or private nonprofit organization, acting in cooperation with the officials of a political subdivision or entity described in subparagraph (E); an economic development district (as defined in section 3 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3122 )); and a consortium of units of general local government within an applicable area.
The term cooperation agreement means an agreement entered into under section 3(b) relating to the implementation of a RECOMPETE plan for an applicable area. The term eligible means— with respect to a local labor market, local community, partial local labor market, or Tribal government, that the local labor market, local community, partial local labor market, or Tribal government meets the applicable distress eligibility criteria described in section 3(a); and with respect to an applicant or lead entity, that the applicant or lead entity has submitted an application for a RECOMPETE grant under section 4(a)(2) relating to a local labor market, local community, partial local labor market, or Tribal government described in subparagraph (A).
The term lead entity means an applicant designated to act as a lead entity pursuant to an applicable cooperation agreement. The term local community means the area served by an applicant described in paragraph (2)(A) that— is located within a local labor market or partial local labor market that is not eligible; or is not coexistent with a local labor market; and meets such additional criteria, including a minimum population requirement, as the Secretary may establish. The term local community includes a consortium of 2 or more applicants described in subparagraph (A)— all of which are located within the same local labor market; or each of which is directly adjacent to an area described in subparagraph (A).
The term local labor market means any of the following areas that contains 1 or more applicants described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph (2): A commuting zone, as defined by the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Subject to subparagraph (C), if 1 or more discrete metropolitan statistical areas or micropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (collectively referred to as core-based statistical areas ), exist within a commuting zone described in subparagraph (A), each such core-based statistical area. If the remaining area of a commuting zone described in subparagraph (A), excluding all core-based statistical areas within the commuting zone described in subparagraph (B), contains 1 or fewer counties and has a population of 7,500 or fewer residents, that remaining area combined with an adjacent core-based statistical area within the commuting zone. The term partial local labor market means a geographical area that— is located within, but is not coextensive with, a local labor market; and contains 1 or more applicants described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph (2). The term prime-age means individuals between the ages of 25 years and 54 years. The term prime-age employment gap , with respect to an applicable area, means the difference (expressed as a percentage), calculated in accordance with subparagraph (B), between— the national 5-year average prime-age employment rate; and the 5-year average prime-age employment rate of the applicable area. For purposes of calculating the prime-age employment gap under subparagraph (A), an applicant shall use data relating to the most recent 5-year period for which data are available preceding the first date of the application period established for the applicant under section 4(a)(2)(B). The term prime-age employment rate , with respect to an applicable area, means the quotient (expressed as a percentage), calculated in accordance with subparagraph (B), obtained by dividing— the 5-year average quantity of the prime-age population of the applicable area that is employed; by the total prime-age population of the applicable area. For purposes of calculating the prime-age employment rate under subparagraph (A), an applicant shall use data relating to the most recent 5-year period for which data are available preceding the first date of the application period established for the applicant under section 4(a)(2)(B). The term recipient means, as applicable— an applicant to which a RECOMPETE grant is provided; or a lead entity designated pursuant to a cooperation agreement entered into under section 3(b) for an applicable area for which a RECOMPETE grant is provided. The term RECOMPETE grant means a grant provided to a recipient under section 4(a). The term RECOMPETE plan means a plan developed by an applicant under section 4(b). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development. The term subrecipient means an applicant located within an applicable area that— is not a recipient; but receives funds provided under a RECOMPETE grant in such manner and in such amounts as may be agreed to in the RECOMPETE plan for the applicable area. The term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on January 29, 2021, pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ). The term Tribal land means— any land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; or any land not located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria, the title to which is held— in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian; by an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian, subject to restriction against alienation under laws of the United States; or by a dependent Indian community.
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