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== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
The SCRC was created by the [[Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008|2008 U.S. Farm Bill]], which also created the [[Northern Border Regional Commission]] (NBRC) and the [[Southwest Border Regional Commission]]. All three commissions share common authorizing language modeled after the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]] (ARC). The SCRC received regular appropriations of $250,000 annually from FY2010 through FY2020 but did not form during that time due to the absence of an appointed federal co-chair.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lawhorn|first=Julie M.|date=December 22, 2021|title=Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45997|access-date=2022-01-11|website=[[Congressional Research Service]]}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> | The SCRC was created by the [[Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008|2008 U.S. Farm Bill]], which also created the [[Northern Border Regional Commission]] (NBRC) and the [[Southwest Border Regional Commission]]. All three commissions share common authorizing language modeled after the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]] (ARC). The SCRC received regular appropriations of $250,000 annually from FY2010 through FY2020 but did not form during that time due to the absence of an appointed federal co-chair.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lawhorn|first=Julie M.|date=December 22, 2021|title=Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45997|access-date=2022-01-11|website=[[Congressional Research Service]]}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> | ||
== Legislative history == | |||
The SCRC concept was first introduced by university researchers working on rural development issues in 1990 at [[Tuskegee University]]’s Annual Professional Agricultural Worker’s Conference for 1862 and 1890 [[Land-grant university|Land-Grant Universities]].<ref name=":0" /> | The SCRC concept was first introduced by university researchers working on rural development issues in 1990 at [[Tuskegee University]]’s Annual Professional Agricultural Worker’s Conference for 1862 and 1890 [[Land-grant university|Land-Grant Universities]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In 1994, the Southern Rural Development Commission Act was introduced in the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture]], which would provide the statutory basis for a | In 1994, the Southern Rural Development Commission Act was introduced in the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture]], which would provide the statutory basis for a “Southern Black Belt Commission.” While the concept was not reintroduced in Congress until the 2000s, various nongovernmental initiatives sustained discussion and interest in the concept in the intervening period. Supportive legislation was reintroduced in 2002, which touched off other accompanying legislative efforts until the SCRC was authorized in 2008.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Stefanie|date=2021-02-11|title=Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Hopes 2021 Will Be Its Year|url=https://www.easternshorepost.com/2021/02/11/southeast-crescent-regional-commission-hopes-2021-will-be-its-year/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Eastern Shore Post|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
== Governance == | == Governance == | ||
In August 2021, U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] nominated | In August 2021, U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Jennifer Clyburn Reed as Federal Co-Chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 2, 2021|title=President Biden nominates Clyburn's daughter to federal post|work=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]|url=https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article253191043.html|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-12-09}}</ref> The U.S. Senate confirmed her appointment on December 9, 2021. In this role, Reed will work on economic and poverty issues in the [[Southeastern United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nerozzi|first=Timothy|date=2021-12-09|title=Senate approves Rep. Clyburn's daughter to head federal commission|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-approves-clyburn-daughter-federal-commission|access-date=2021-12-09|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
== Service area == | == Service area == | ||