Impact Aid Infrastructure Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3647 To provide temporary impact aid construction grants to eligible local educational agencies, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 9, 2019 Mr. COX of California (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide temporary impact aid construction grants to eligible local educational agencies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Impact Aid Infrastruc- 4 ture Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 6 (a) FUNDING AND SUNSET.— 7 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 8 There are authorized to be appropriated 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:35 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3647.IH H3647 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3647 IH $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to carry out 1 this Act. 2 (2) SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.—The amount 3 authorized under paragraph (1) shall be in addition 4 to any amounts authorized to be appropriated or 5 otherwise made available to carry out section 7007 6 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707). 8 (3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any amounts 9 appropriated under subsection (a)(1) shall remain 10 available until expended. 11 (4) SUNSET.—The authority to award grants 12 under this Act shall expire at the end of the 3-year 13 period beginning on the date on which funds are 14 first made available to award a grant under this Act. 15 (b) RESERVATION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OVER- 16 SIGHT.—From the funds appropriated under subsection 17 (a)(1), the Secretary may reserve up to half of 1 percent 18 for management and oversight of the activities carried out 19 with those funds. 20 (c) FORMULA GRANTS.—From 40 percent of the 21 funds appropriated under subsection (a)(1) and not re- 22 served under subsection (b), the Secretary shall make pay- 23 ments in accordance with section 7007(a) of the Elemen- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:35 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3647.IH H3647 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3647 IH tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1 7707(a)). 2 (d) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—From 60 percent of the 3 funds appropriated under subsection (a)(1) and not re- 4 served under subsection (b), the Secretary— 5 (1) shall award emergency grants in accordance 6 with section 7007(b) of the Elementary and Sec- 7 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)), 8 except as otherwise provided in this Act; and 9 (2) may award modernization grants in accord- 10 ance with section 7007(b) of the Elementary and 11 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 12 7707(b)), except as otherwise provided in this Act. 13 SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY. 14 (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR EMERGENCY GRANTS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of receiving an 16 emergency grant under section 2(d)(1) of this Act, 17 in addition to a local educational agency that meets 18 the eligibility requirements for the award of such a 19 grant under any of subparagraphs (A), (C), or (D) 20 of section 7007(b)(3) of the Elementary and Sec- 21 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 22 7707(b)(3)), a local educational agency that meets 23 the requirements described in paragraph (2) of this 24 subsection (without regard to whether the agency 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:35 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3647.IH H3647 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3647 IH meets the requirements of such subparagraphs (A), 1 (C), or (D)), shall be eligible for such a grant. 2 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational agen- 3 cy meets the requirements of this paragraph, if such 4 agency has— 5 (A) a total taxable assessed value of real 6 property that may be taxed for school purposes 7 of less than $100,000,000; or 8 (B) an assessed value of real property per 9 student that may be taxed for school purposes 10 that is less than the average of the assessed 11 value of real property per student that may be 12 taxed for school purposes in the State in which 13 the local educational agency is located. 14 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR MODERNIZATION GRANTS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of receiving a 16 modernization grant under section 2(d)(2) of this 17 Act, in addition to a local educational agency that 18 meets the eligibility requirements for the award of 19 such a grant under any of subparagraphs (B), (C), 20 or (D) of section 7007(b)(3) of the Elementary and 21 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 22 7707(b)(3)), a local educational agency that meets 23 the requirements described in paragraph (2) of this 24 subsection (without regard to whether the agency 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:35 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3647.IH H3647 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3647 IH meets the requirements of such subparagraphs (B), 1 (C), or (D)), shall be eligible for such a grant. 2 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational agen- 3 cy meets the requirements of this paragraph, if such 4 agency has— 5 (A) a total taxable assessed value of real 6 property that may be taxed for school purposes 7 of less than $100,000,000; or 8 (B) an assessed value of real property per 9 student that may be taxed for school purposes 10 that is less than the average of the assessed 11 value of real property per student that may be 12 taxed for school purposes in the State in which 13 the local educational agency is located. 14 (c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In 15 this section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 16 meaning given the term in section 7013 of the Elementary 17 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713). 18 SEC. 4. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 19 Clauses (i) and (vi) of paragraph (5)(A) of section 20 7007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 21 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)) shall not apply to grants 22 made under section 2(d). 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:35 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3647.IH H3647 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS