116 S266 IS: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
U.S. Senate
2019-01-29
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.Title I—Grants for the long-term improvement of public school facilitiesSec. 101. Purpose and reservation.Sec. 102. Allocation to States.Sec. 103. Need-based grants to qualified local educational agencies.Sec. 104. Annual report on grant program.Sec. 105. Authorization of Appropriations.Title II—School infrastructure bondsSec. 201. Restoration of certain qualified tax credit bonds.Sec. 202. School infrastructure bonds.Sec. 203. Annual report on bond program.Title III—General provisionsSec. 301. Allowable uses of funds.Sec. 302. Prohibited uses.Sec. 303. Green Practices.Sec. 304. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products.Sec. 305. Comptroller general report.Sec. 306. Study and report physical condition of public schools.Sec. 307. Development of data standards.Sec. 308. Information clearinghouse.Title IV—Impact aid constructionSec. 401. Temporary increase in funding for impact aid construction.
2.In this Act: (1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate.
(2)The term Bureau-funded school has the meaning given that term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021).
(3)The term covered funds means funds received— (A)under title I of this Act;
(B)from a school infrastructure bond; or (C)from a qualified zone academy bond (as such term is defined in section 54E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as restored by section 201)).
(4)The terms elementary school, outlying area, and secondary school have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(5)The term local educational agency has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) except that such term does not include a Bureau-funded school.
(6)The term public school facilities means the facilities of a public elementary school or a public secondary school. (7)Qualified local educational agencyThe term qualified local educational agency means a local educational agency that receives funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
(8)School infrastructure bondThe term school infrastructure bond has the meaning given such term in section 54BB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 202).
(9)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education. (10)The term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
<enum>I</enum><header>Grants for the long-term improvement of public school facilities</header>
<section id="HB49A2CE696C54259AC98CB8626B307BF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purpose and reservation</header>
<subsection id="H570DBCED860D4F0DA57A152B0A1FE5D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Funds made available under this title shall be for the purpose of supporting long-term improvements to public school facilities in accordance with this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H68293EAD1C2C452A9B12E3B90D5D2E02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation for outlying areas and bureau-Funded schools</header>
<paragraph id="H28B7AEDFA5414236ADC2ECA31D79F255"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029, the Secretary shall reserve, from the amount appropriated to carry out this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3D47315A5DF41D19A45881E7E857DDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one-half of 1 percent, to provide assistance to the outlying areas; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H869912EB9619486CA8AC4342D5A68D5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-half of 1 percent, for payments to the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to Bureau-funded schools.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD523C203B0A844B48C1B9B138900F588"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of reserved funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H96C5D3BE1F45462F91887AC94795DD9B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds reserved under paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with sections 301 through 304.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDEC76EE8DC514B0BB7ACA62DF24974C3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rules for Bureau-funded schools</header> <clause id="HA556B113F8514ABFA6B8A41AE1FDE1B0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Sections 301 through 304 shall apply to a Bureau-funded school that receives assistance under paragraph (1)(B) in the same manner that such sections apply to a qualified local educational agency that receives covered funds. The facilities of a Bureau-funded school shall be treated as public school facilities for purposes of the application of such sections.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD385732A202C489081C065BBCBF64961"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of tribally operated schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall provide assistance to Bureau-funded schools under paragraph (1)(B) without regard to whether such schools are operated by the Bureau of Indian Education or by an Indian Tribe. In the case of a Bureau-funded school that is a contract or grant school (as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>)) operated by an Indian Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide assistance under such paragraph to the Indian Tribe concerned.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4B8E1AA0A2E54861BFEA1CE22837A9CE"><enum>102.</enum><header>Allocation to States</header>
<subsection id="HDFD33A853FDD44848E9D37F71C025098"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation to states</header>
<paragraph id="H941C0778FEB64897BB3B8CDB16254825"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State-by-state allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount appropriated to carry out this title for each fiscal year and not reserved under section 101(b), each State that has a plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be allocated an amount in proportion to the amount received by all local educational agencies in the State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total such amount received by all local educational agencies in every State that has a plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H326A4B4702C3463AB6CE1B8373E97249"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State reservation</header><text>A State may reserve not more than 1 percent of its allocation under paragraph (1) to carry out its responsibilities under this Act, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB216D8BC6796435D9173B0F87888A0E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing technical assistance to local educational agencies, including by—</text> <clause id="H89E14113E9D34CD6AECBCB36ECDB5EDC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifying which State agencies have programs, resources, and expertise relevant to the activities supported by the allocation under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0FB7AC252C764553BF3B84DE425D737C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>coordinating the provision of technical assistance across such agencies;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BD49C437180402EA9285C5E1900FABB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with the guidance issued by the Secretary under section 307, developing an online, publicly searchable database that contains an inventory of the infrastructure of all public school facilities in the State (including the facilities of Bureau-funded schools, as appropriate), including, with respect to each such facility, an identification of—</text>
<clause id="H378F8A247BB44389A34890D9142837AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the information described in clauses (i) through (vi) of subparagraph (F);</text> </clause><clause id="H09DC8BC37B324925AAA9A659DEB23F09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the age (including an identification of the date of any retrofits or recent renovations) of—</text>
<subclause id="HB638550FFEA94650A0229C473954FE0C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the facility;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H94DC7ADECB3446F790E923B410581161"><enum>(II)</enum><text>its roof;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C3CA32DA11B4CDAA2A2147EE172F781"><enum>(III)</enum><text>its lighting system;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEEBAD733C27C4FD58B879AEAE473803E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>its windows;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEA56D5D3DFA94484B752E68B8B76045A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>its ceilings;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3F21A977B5A842B49284DBEF9938B2DB"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>its plumbing; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4EE5BA8F6FE74D22A075E20037930B82"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H5FA5E557E8CA4F15800CA20DFF34F7CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fire safety inspection results; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD329FA4AF3FD478DBEF3C471FB4617EC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proximity of the facilities to toxic sites or the vulnerability of the facilities to natural disasters, including the extent to which facilities that are vulnerable to seismic natural disasters are seismically retrofitted;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H059E610DDE9E48EEBEE95F0455BFD950"><enum>(C)</enum><text>updating the database developed under subparagraph (B) not less frequently than once every 2 years;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4765A8428E7643E3B52E2E5960D161A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that the information in the database developed under subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H8766907945A14B1AAD665350B606E1AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is posted on a publicly accessible State website; and</text> </clause><clause id="H65BC8162BB9C4FDDB032CB482BCC722A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is regularly distributed to local educational agencies and Tribal governments in the State;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0231AD6D6EFA4EA3B35B75B5148DCA7B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issuing and reviewing regulations to ensure the health and safety of students and staff during construction or renovation projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA6F6132120D4A5DA0640778F11F5D91"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issuing or reviewing regulations to ensure safe, healthy, and high-performing school buildings, including regulations governing—</text>
<clause id="HD9359C6EAE3A49A2A7D79A13B7182D19"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">indoor air quality and ventilation, including exposure to carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide;</text> </clause><clause id="HAA4079446B3B43658CB3C7E816ADCF7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mold, mildew, and moisture control;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE13FB437B7D74F228BE62E6FF5889AD5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the safety of drinking water at the tap and water used for meal preparation, including regulations that—</text>
<subclause id="H110285DDB4FE452CA8B7A228F68BC341"><enum>(I)</enum><text>address the presence of lead and other contaminants in such water; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HE195EC2F9B8C43DFAE432B1B28D33047"><enum>(II)</enum><text>require the regular testing of the potability of water at the tap;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF6732F6D69AB43D2918EBE5A346495A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">energy and water efficiency;</text> </clause><clause id="HDBE7E19481664ECC9CD23DAC73FF0ABC"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">excessive classroom noise due to activities allowable under section 301; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6E4CBB0F2F504B049324E3E578FC5A7B"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the levels of maintenance work, operational spending, and capital investment needed to maintain the quality of public school facilities; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7153AC3603D49FE89A647A00FD748BB"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creating a plan to reduce or eliminate exposure to toxins and chemicals, including mercury, radon, PCBs, lead, vapor intrusions, and asbestos.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0B3DE0A1EC6F48E4A06639E0A820BF30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF6187E83B4DC4DBC9157A6E50A3F4B51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive an allocation under this section, a State shall submit to the Secretary a plan that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H84E216E8729B4B099FD4A41C6390E3A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes how the State will use the allocation to make long-term improvements to public school facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF8EAE18276B945D68D97E2245C5F40FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explains how the State will carry out each of its responsibilities under subsection (a)(2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2FAF083C79B4C118FD9884E8A981F9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>explains how the State will make the determinations under subsections (b) and (c) of section 103;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1008270874304FBAADF3A1AD38E70269"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifies how long, and at what levels, the State will maintain fiscal effort for the activities supported by the allocation after the State no longer receives the allocation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD67599B898564A4F8C447F9DD9B840B9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>includes such other information as the Secretary may require.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2D3DD3CFE4F44CF08FAC3E6EF4D44430"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval and disapproval</header><text>The Secretary shall have the authority to approve or disapprove a State plan submitted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EEA6218514B4A2EA0D79721359E949A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>As a condition of receiving an allocation under this section, a State shall agree to the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H52C9687BBB4E4826A823F910DB123DA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall contribute, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of the allocation received under this section to carry out the activities supported by the allocation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B73A19DE4604383B57DCC4EA04C2722"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintenance of effort</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall provide an assurance to the Secretary that the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the State with respect to the activities supported by the allocation under this section for fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year for which the allocation is received will be not less than 90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures by the State for such purposes for the year preceding the fiscal year for which the allocation is received.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAE2D39D3EEB49D5BA9C5F61696B6DE5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall use an allocation under this section only to supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that would, in absence of such allocation, be made available for the activities supported by the allocation, and not to supplant such funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1E332734D2F0422A9D9B623A1CB6C485"><enum>103.</enum><header>Need-based grants to qualified local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="H767AC3E718D0419FB553AE77658E06FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants to local educational agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H680BB99A31FA4E298857A7D8324E28A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), from the amounts allocated to a State under section 102(a) and contributed by the State under section 102(c)(1), the State shall award grants to qualified local educational agencies, on a competitive basis, to carry out the activities described in section 301(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72D7B53604574E598648CD469E76BBCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allowance for digital learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may use up to 10 percent of the amount described in paragraph (1) to make grants to qualified local educational agencies carry out activities to improve digital learning in accordance with section 301(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC45571FC40FA4002851C784329164D0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HAECA8504EB144583A28B279AD75A3325"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section a qualified local educational agency—</text> <subparagraph id="H7AE37C65E7AF484890A9282D46816381"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be among the local educational agencies in the State with the highest numbers or percentages of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAB9E06E8DF54D51A180A6BA91D69081"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall agree to prioritize the improvement of the facilities of public schools that serve the highest percentages of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751</external-xref> et seq.) (which, in the case of a high school, may be calculated using comparable data from the schools that feed into the high school), as compared to other public schools in the jurisdiction of the agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA219F622B24D4F8A962970CEFC7F57A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may be among the local educational agencies in the State—</text> <clause id="HDE72CDD05F984AC69581680B4F146338"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the greatest need to improve public school facilities, as determined by the State, which may include consideration of threats posed by the proximity of the facilities to toxic sites or the vulnerability of the facilities to natural disasters; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H829C1AC362E5466EAF508078E5079501"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the most limited capacity to raise funds for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, as determined by an assessment of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1C53CB22DE0246A78756FA996B21EF19"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current and historic ability of the agency to raise funds for construction, renovation, modernization, and major repair projects for schools;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H948530410CEB4B57BE8C27A607846307"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the agency has been able to issue bonds or receive other funds to support school construction projects, and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8687137D471E46FBA33895B1B6B5C2C0"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bond rating of the agency.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B6201969FA5470DBFD3E57E23C5DE52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Geographic distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall ensure that grants under this section are awarded to qualified local educational agencies that represent the geographic diversity of the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3E5D4805CF574673BCED70A68ECB17A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority of grants</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the State—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H978DDB38E08E4AD9BBA5EB7B3DF672A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall give priority to qualified local educational agencies that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCAA4CB2F736440C7B50861BC0CEC27DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate the greatest need for such a grant, as determined by a comparison of the factors described in subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD9FB33DCF1C494FB2BF8BE99D576D8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will use the grant to improve the facilities of—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HEB41295D85654A8492784ED57DC5A281"><enum>(i)</enum><text>elementary schools or middle schools that have an enrollment of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751</external-xref> et seq.) that constitutes not less than 40 percent of the total student enrollment at such schools; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC805C3AC46494122BC63775D9DE932B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high schools that have an enrollment of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under such Act that constitutes not less than 30 percent of the total student enrollment at such schools (which may be calculated using comparable data from the schools that feed into the high school); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H167CFE00EABB4A358A080907DF6847D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate public school facilities that pose a severe health and safety threat to students and staff, which may include a threat posed by the proximity of the facilities to toxic sites or the vulnerability of the facilities to natural disasters; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD95029D4D6CE436298F08287176FE789"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may give priority to qualified local educational agencies that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA85EBE8DB7074F4C91C3B8F32BB613EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will use the grant to improve access to high-speed broadband sufficient to support digital learning accordance with section 301(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1C9CFE61230A404A8102ADD470B5A3A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>serve elementary schools or secondary schools, including rural schools, that lack such access; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C97D2FBA94A43F4967EEFF6424056FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meet one or more of the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9372C169BFE94BF7A60A1DCD0C19F0BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be considered for a grant under this section, a qualified local educational agency shall submit an application to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State may require. Such application shall include, at minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H7E270FEF3D174F10872A75BB1619648D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information necessary for the State to make the determinations under subsections (b) and (c);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H10FDF1C534EB49A4BB236E876280B376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the projects that the agency plans to carry out with the grant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CC5500A961C446292ACB0131FFE7BAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an explanation of how such projects will reduce risks to the health and safety of staff and students at schools served by the agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7FD10E00850649128DCCB7D65E7A494C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a local educational agency that proposes to fund a repair, renovation, or construction project for a public charter school, the extent to which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6641EF6D4D2F40FA9B3AA6060A52DC5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the public charter school lacks access to funding for school repair, renovation, and construction through the financing methods available to other public schools or local educational agencies in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H07B1006465CB458EBC37ACE4901EA728"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the charter school operator owns or has care and control of the facility that is to be repaired, renovated, or constructed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36CAD52324184532B35546B25742BEC9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Facilities master plan</header>
<paragraph id="H2077221E29A04909B8F692FAEED86960"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving a grant under this section, a qualified local educational agency shall submit to the State a comprehensive 10-year facilities master plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2661E56876E741A5A6F9AA75DB814B2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The facilities master plan required under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to all public school facilities of the qualified local educational agency, a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C0F8388D3A5459BAFC1A28838D6D9C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which public school facilities meet students’ educational needs and support the agency’s educational mission and vision;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E74267E3AFE442EAB78F3964D1410DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the physical condition of the public school facilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9636E562097476FB3E1255C4924BC3F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current health, safety, and environmental conditions of the public school facilities, including—</text>
<clause id="H36C9946425C44B288204C0DBCED2C466"><enum>(i)</enum><text>indoor air quality;</text> </clause><clause id="H3DE4CEDBE405461BBAE2295D6894E0BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the presence of hazardous and toxic substances and chemicals;</text>
</clause><clause id="H03C5E11CFAAD4C62A8E1CCEBF6B6E140"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the safety of drinking water at the tap and water used for meal preparation, including the level of lead and other contaminants in such water;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3539C1C6FF4940589F835A800782D3D8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>energy and water efficiency;</text> </clause><clause id="H93C92325BD0B4EC7B808C7407B8B7B29"><enum>(v)</enum><text>excessive classroom noise; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H323E4AB6558C4388B1234DB6877C0E1C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other health, safety, and environmental conditions that would impact the health, safety, and learning ability of students;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA734E26AE5C0448A9C7E2C84CE9AF54C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>how the local educational agency will address any conditions identified under subparagraph (C);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H087538F6F077414295008EB70C88189F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of current and future student enrollment levels (as of the date of application) on the design of current and future public school facilities, as well as the financial implications of such enrollment levels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C2DF864723845A6B95638E408DC5634"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dollar amount and percentage of funds the local educational agency will dedicate to capital construction projects for public school facilities, including—</text>
<clause id="H5AC1AA10783E4006B6074424DA0470AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any funds in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to such projects; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC10A93F297AF43DDAF006FB02DE362AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any funds not in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to such projects, including any funds available to the agency as the result of a bond issue; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52B4AA956F0B4F62BAAE34AF442BCF6F"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dollar amount and percentage of funds the local educational agency will dedicate to the maintenance and operation of public school facilities, including—</text>
<clause id="H4136A73F200E4BE3AE8510B939CE2E1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any funds in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to the maintenance and operation of such facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H29C4E6BFC4774CF6A980C2F9C12215C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any funds not in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to the maintenance and operation of such facilities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE89BF0CD918495F94CEB6281A4AA25E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the facilities master plan required under paragraph (1), the qualified local educational agency shall consult with teachers, principals and other school leaders, custodial and maintenance staff, emergency first responders, school facilities directors, students and families, community residents, and Indian Tribes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42DF865A6B414407B38FC42BE7FD181E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified local educational agency shall use a grant received under this section only to supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that would, in the absence of such grant, be made available for the activities supported by the grant, and not to supplant such funds.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7DFFAA76A3EF4EB3B69C9764A093984B"><enum>104.</enum><header>Annual report on grant program</header>
<subsection id="HD71E069316C1492291A0F06A341EF8D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the projects carried out with funds made available under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC41EE2B38CF2416E97F85826153A3626"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is submitted, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H115A02D73EC34956AE94FB1E0EB6BA68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An identification of each local educational agency that received a grant under this title.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA687D7C68C5D4D14903D7CBB0F8AF05E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to each such agency, a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84FEF1D0223A4EFD9E264EC43FD255E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the demographic composition of the student population served by the agency, disaggregated by—</text> <clause id="H9687F2D197E9407482B7D6B5010D02E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>race;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB27FDB4F727D45E49F8418C059C7AB75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7EC10D264FE048D5A09D38589FF88552"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BFEEC38B8FC4FC8BE137C03DA879C21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the population density of the geographic area served by the agency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33E018C30D424D4B8BE072F7EB99C99D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the projects for which the agency used the grant received under this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B867A556C0F4E04A0945D8C7A7EF539"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the demonstrable or expected benefits of the projects; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08B5BDADD8754596ACE342D8A6A29F6D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the estimated number of jobs created by the projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB9B4DC9113D440B790D24A60A903AD31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The total dollar amount of all grants received by local educational agencies under this title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81B7EE7CB3354396B32CDDBA3DE74AAE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>LEA information collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational agency that receives a grant under this title shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3257ED6652D74C94ADC19E808B5EDE4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually compile the information described in subsection (b)(2);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0B43A182C9FA4CBA92994818D81AEC4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the information available to the public, including by posting the information on a publicly accessible agency website; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5077EA14EB09433699DB5674C2C3AE9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit the information to the State.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0CC78C9677004645ABC49CBA28FC3DB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State information distribution</header><text>A State that receives information from a local educational agency under subsection (c) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0BD38647C4AE487AA4F558A8B1004B1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compile the information and report it annually to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A0B51A0CD0D4DCC904146F93196C536"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the information available to the public, including by posting the information on a publicly accessible State website; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9F2E3C8CDF14E0687C0F15FF502142A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>regularly distribute the information to local educational agencies and Tribal governments in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7C08CEA3C99F4752BA5FC27FB3E963E4"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 to carry out this title.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header>
<section id="HB12106EBB78C40739F7F2263456B34F8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Restoration of certain qualified tax credit bonds</header>
<subsection id="HCEF961C2C78E44C9857426919658A773"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of credit</header>
<paragraph id="H4F4ED0A538974FF8943272E2BB0AABBE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54A">Section 54A</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect before repeal by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref>, is restored as if such repeal had not taken effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FA688C5691941C4B57258531D779BB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit limited to certain bonds</header><text>Section 54A(d)(1) of such Code, as restored by paragraph (1), is amended by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE275636DD494F76AF37C3D4B2685681"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit allowed to issuer</header>
<paragraph id="H496E447E6BFF4A9BBFA75C705C909FFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6431">Section 6431</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect before repeal by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref>, is restored as if such repeal had not taken effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H745CE286A402497AA4C1D1C3D67A2C5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6431(f)(3) of such Code, as restored by paragraph (1), is amended by inserting <quote>any school infrastructure bond (as defined in section 54BB) or</quote> before <quote>any qualified tax credit bond</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFE2AC7AEF76C4D8997F24D07978E3E09"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified zone academy bonds</header> <paragraph id="H5976A439A1D24A68843AE1F9661E57E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">Section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect before repeal by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref>, is restored as if such repeal had not taken effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2457A02F84294CB886691428A36D53EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Removal of private business contribution requirement</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">Section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as restored by paragraph (1), is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H92692318AAFF488A8F0C15EFD6838E92"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraph (B), and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9DF9B4268364AF184DA9AC71A8E65BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6FF2DE3CC9244CBA8B0FA7524BF8BCE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H69B469FC06FD45379A3A73E9C97B3974"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and $400,000,0000</quote> and inserting <quote>$400,000,000</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HB0C98414025B4512B664920BF7914999"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and, except as provided</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and $1,400,000,000 for 2020 and each year thereafter.</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H38E6B08F7318439EA4E75CC28F36FF5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Construction of a public school facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">Section 54E(d)(3)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as restored by paragraph (1), is amended by striking <quote>rehabilitating or repairing</quote> and inserting <quote>constructing, rehabilitating, retrofitting, or repairing</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H82885506A1F34F56B4730E394B91430A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2019.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H016E2EECCA9B45FA9D4546A5AE4E78B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H74848FF3A25B4A9D95B8DA7084B7C4F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subpart I (as restored by section 201) of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 the following new subpart:</text>
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<subpart id="H761DA0EAE6E4432090CBC7752CCDA6FA"><enum>J</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 54BB. School infrastructure bonds.</toc-entry></toc>
<section commented="no" id="HCE6598085EE5404FAC90CE4D79EFB1C8"><enum>54BB.</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H29DC8B7E71894F1DB14CFA1ABE738A19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a taxpayer holds a school infrastructure bond on one or more interest payment dates of the bond during any taxable year, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of the credits determined under subsection (b) with respect to such dates.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4D36814788BE4DADA9ED3121F07A0A43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the credit determined under this subsection with respect to any interest payment date for a school infrastructure bond is 100 percent of the amount of interest payable by the issuer with respect to such date.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0F1BD376ADAC45C692E9D1413A5A53AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation Based on Amount of Tax</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H78D37076D35D4D48B854C4D10D42164B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HEBC6C908FB5D401D98C725EEF9759612"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sum of the regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H11D5E64CB09746CA8F82F9B7E2475F86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of the credits allowable under this part (other than subpart C and this subpart).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2D02FBE314DB402DB202AADF255F3D6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carryover of unused credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the credit allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by paragraph (1) for such taxable year, such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such taxable year (determined before the application of paragraph (1) for such succeeding taxable year).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE3080A98C3B143B09959C4C967157D8D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>School infrastructure bond</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C8740A456A14F85968F8BE9A65C0C1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>school infrastructure bond</term> means any bond issued as part of an issue if—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7DD65572A7E14029B77FF409572C09DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>100 percent of the available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for the purposes described in section 301 of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD04AAE143F0E407896330779A32A9ED2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the interest on such obligation would (but for this section) be excludable from gross income under section 103,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7E6B89BC7504AF2BC2E7C816C78E783"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the issue meets the requirements of paragraph (3), and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H40A90AD8937B4FD5B9F52CD2330A89CF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H79742BCA12EC4097935DA8D23CD33284"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of applying paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A1E6931A2344C11BFAED27C9987481C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for purposes of section 149(b), a school infrastructure bond shall not be treated as federally guaranteed by reason of the credit allowed under section 6431(a),</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBC52D34705CF46B3B8FA7A3197660F45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of section 148, the yield on a school infrastructure bond shall be determined without regard to the credit allowed under subsection (a), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H641D707E83E54AB49BD51CB4F4B7D8A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a bond shall not be treated as a school infrastructure bond if the issue price has more than a de minimis amount (determined under rules similar to the rules of section 1273(a)(3)) of premium over the stated principal amount of the bond.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H32EAEBAD04374C2CB2011A4F862A09DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>6-year expenditure period</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2932C2FCD86C4A4F8CFA40E2B12A61A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An issue shall be treated as meeting the requirements of this paragraph if, as of the date of issuance, the issuer reasonably expects 100 percent of the available project proceeds to be spent for purposes described in section 301 of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 within the 6-year period beginning on such date of issuance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB64DCBC9A451479E812B19C9718438A0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to spend required amount of bond proceeds within 6 years</header><text>To the extent that less than 100 percent of the available project proceeds of the issue are expended at the close of the period described in subparagraph (A) with respect to such issue, the issuer shall redeem all of the nonqualified bonds within 90 days after the end of such period. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount of the nonqualified bonds required to be redeemed shall be determined in the same manner as under section 142.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3FF6322C7F3B45FCB63CE4AE8FEFE954"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of bonds designated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds issued during any calendar year which may be designated under subsection (d) by any issuer shall not exceed the limitation amount allocated under subsection (g) for such calendar year to such issuer.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1F132F50BB0D44FBBAD76E105EFFB1DC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National limitation on amount of bonds designated</header><text>The national qualified school infrastructure bond limitation for each calendar year is—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H86800C0DB9EB4C7B9AE3A87138D14D04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000,000 for 2020,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8EFBD599C48547A0859A365A896B9B89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$10,000,000,000 for 2021, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HABD6287299674315904BE73CBA39F5CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000,000 for 2022.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H40A99384F9964C289611214D43406AE9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Allocation of limitation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC4D5E63554BE435180B87108BCE77083"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6435BA3677A649789803FB8445FC3137"><enum>(A)</enum><header>States</header><text>After application of subparagraph (B) and paragraph (3)(A), the limitation applicable under subsection (f) for any calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary among the States in proportion to the respective amounts received by all local educational agencies in each State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total such amount received by all local educational agencies in for the most recent fiscal year ending before such calendar year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H70E113654DA34888AFE886E7062F6BDC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain possessions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One-half of 1 percent of the amount of the limitation applicable under subsection (f) for any calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary to possessions of the United States other than Puerto Rico for such calendar year shall be one-half of 1 percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7CCBA4F06D0842F4BFC10B99F88A6637"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocations to schools</header><text>The limitation amount allocated to a State or possession under paragraph (1) shall be allocated by the State educational agency (or such other agency as is authorized under State law to make such allocation) to issuers within such State or possession in accordance with the priorities described in section 103(c) the of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 and the eligibility requirements described in section 103(b) of such Act, except that paragraph (1)(C) of such section shall not apply to the determination of eligibility for such allocation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H156D832F807E4AA2B72B2382260F901A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations for Indian schools</header>
<subparagraph id="HC7D5D5B01C0C4E9983935776DA348B24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>One-half of 1 percent of the amount of the limitation applicable under subsection (f) for any calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior for schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for such calendar year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H317442EC2EC54345A43E07A560D611DF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation to schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation amount allocated to the Secretary of the Interior under paragraph (1) shall be allocated by such Secretary to issuers or schools funded as described in paragraph (2). In the case of amounts allocated under the preceding sentence, Indian tribal governments (as defined in section 7701(a)(40)) shall be treated as qualified issuers for purposes of this subchapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAC421B25C8E24F57BDB66B29B1676890"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Digital learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 10 percent of the limitation amount allocated under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) may be allocated by the State to issuers within such State to carry out activities to improve digital learning in accordance with section 301(b) of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H84D7CA0EE6DC431C8D71F183A4DE4C68"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Interest Payment Date</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>interest payment date</term> means any date on which the holder of record of the school infrastructure bond is entitled to a payment of interest under such bond.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H53A5C48E246D48B6B2EE719ECD22CF87"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Special Rules</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6EC4118AC42F41C5BC28D0A6063427D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interest on school infrastructure bonds includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes</header><text>For purposes of this title, interest on any school infrastructure bond shall be includible in gross income.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D7698725BF54EB483A1B76666604237"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of certain rules</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) of section 54A shall apply for purposes of the credit allowed under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDC72DFCDC5284F30B5F2C73F5199BA5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transitional Coordination With State Law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided by a State after the date of the enactment of this Act, the interest on any school infrastructure bond (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54BB">section 54BB</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section) and the amount of any credit determined under such section with respect to such bond shall be treated for purposes of the income tax laws of such State as being exempt from Federal income tax.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFDA1740FD8C4DCE9D10D855997847ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of certain labor standards to projects financed with certain tax-Favored bonds</header>
<paragraph id="H48B691B07A6D4860AE8EAF61C35BDC46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of the title 40, United States Code, shall apply to projects financed with the proceeds of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE2D49F8835C4487A9FEDD993E7105C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any school infrastructure bond (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54BB">section 54BB</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A8437007EF846ADB8E37F9ED33EC78D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any qualified zone academy bond (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued after the date of the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42528941165F491B8C0DBE6F3937F391"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1601 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H808EE9AD6DC044518C1A696409762175"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><text>The table of subparts for part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27AE01DFB8664F32B22E0E20A2397801" style="OLC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="subpart">Subpart J—School infrastructure bonds</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2E9F442C442E489ABA451AA1B2874CDD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2019.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H07B197CDC6144E9FA4463E294A037302"><enum>203.</enum><header>Annual report on bond program</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HC2DB739CFC474616B1E7EF517A81D276"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the school infrastructure bond program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H28584D18A1C048E3A425FB12783A52AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is submitted, the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H592131B9C5ED479BB1CF40CB7054AE39"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A950B109F3B4ED9A1979E0FBAF7957C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each local educational agency that received funds from a school infrastructure bond; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E8F888D6AE64176A48A18585E1658FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each local educational agency that was eligible to receive such funds—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H1473ABB9D73F413F9C41160897E10028"><enum>(i)</enum><text>but did not receive such funds; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4E81BB1DA65A4CBAB2966D90C33C4BC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>received less than the maximum amount of funds for which the agency was eligible.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7FAA22A8539C44F59751E931AF84F533"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each local educational agency described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D7F6CAB2D974ACE86EA8F17E190C81B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the capacity of the agency to raise funds for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, as determined by an assessment of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H007BFFDB67B348158840DAA733BA82AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current and historic ability of the agency to raise funds for construction, renovation, modernization, and major repair projects for schools, including the ability of the agency to raise funds through imposition of property taxes;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBC87394A77E24A44B46A4CFEA0450FF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the agency has been able to issue bonds to fund construction projects, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H25071E952BE64D97926EE294EA409C8A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified zone academy bonds under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H5F2C621E4D424C64B3EBFBB5F6E53365"><enum>(II)</enum><text>school infrastructure bonds under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54BB">section 54BB</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HB6C567B94DCC4637B17FA9D2F65EC0B9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bond rating of the agency;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1DBEB3E509964AB880CB25C8A8990A2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the demographic composition of the student population served by the agency, disaggregated by—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H1353D291866241158A6FB6F61ADDC71A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>race;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H27E33D0C3E5442948F5008A194B72317"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HACA9E9898FBC463AA94E3231A9971E05"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5904FC3F092442449F940CB2823EF836"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the population density of the geographic area served by the agency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26C062FBD300406A95E4C78240B64F2C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the projects carried out with funds received from school infrastructure bonds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C3D9568855349088DA979FE3AD83BF5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of the demonstrable or expected benefits of the projects; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A7F42258BB64F4A9AB721B2C54CF7AE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the estimated number of jobs created by the projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H48C670EE583D4ABD808F8DD122E68FF2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total dollar amount of all funds received by local educational agencies from school infrastructure bonds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H62436644173A40DEAEE51DBFDA21C9ED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any other factors that the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBC50C5A9367C489E81AD4991A71ADEBD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or local educational agency that receives funds from a school infrastructure bond shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA375805DE3C1466A8CFC4848F5A573CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually compile the information necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the elements described in subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H98EF65E549774587A8A9E7DF5B161488"><enum>(2)</enum><text>report the information to the Secretary of the Treasury at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section id="H6AA130845877432F959091415130C945"><enum>301.</enum><header>Allowable uses of funds</header>
<subsection id="H3457718B18D94B66A3202BCECD060853"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in section 302, a local educational agency that receives covered funds may use such funds to—</text>
<paragraph id="H5413B575EEC844EDB6B2DC3018DD4468"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop the facilities master plan required under section 103(e);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2E4384789F4FC5B2B8CA2A5E93980C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construct, modernize, renovate, or retrofit public school facilities, which may include seismic retrofitting for schools vulnerable to seismic natural disasters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5484B6FA89042CAB023780FDF67B8AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carry out major repairs of public school facilities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3EBFCA5B35FA417FB9548E0253B97954"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">install furniture or fixtures with at least a 10-year life in public school facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FA8F79787CE450C8CFC4BAAB2B59B51"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construct new public school facilities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2B2B4659273D4EAC82674A4FF578AB03"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire and prepare sites on which new public school facilities will be constructed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62B26D3AEF8040079E708974737D31F4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extend the life of basic systems and components of public school facilities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HECE19E70308149AE8A4AEA198DB442EF"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce current or anticipated overcrowding in public school facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83A4F8DD1C164DBFA15BDC139EF928AC"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the building envelopes of public school facilities protect occupants and interiors from the elements and are structurally sounds and secure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H242B99C1376440478A816C2FE68A72C1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>improve energy and water efficiency to lower the costs of energy and water consumption in public school facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB3C1C8B32F340ADA5CBD6D0B039E9AE"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve indoor air quality in public school facilities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H49AEB9D5D7E144829D690E1F845F06BB"><enum>(12)</enum><text>reduce or eliminate the presence of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4243983124346ABA5DA34B717A12326"><enum>(A)</enum><text>toxins and chemicals, including mercury, radon, PCBs, lead, and asbestos;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H588058028EED48B383460A667339FAF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mold and mildew; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5863371639C4615AD3F12E78A1EC2A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>rodents and pests;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D0245C303394309829234373A7BC6E0"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the safety of drinking water at the tap and water used for meal preparation in public school facilities, which may include testing of the potability of water at the tap for the presence of lead and other contaminants;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD489BD7FE404409B8CCBE7095C4922A8"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bring public school facilities into compliance with applicable fire, health, and safety codes;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1F1A7D1A38894044B92A3E5EF1BD0BA7"><enum>(15)</enum><text>make public school facilities accessible to people with disabilities through compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101</external-xref> et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/794">29 U.S.C. 794</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1DFF2C2ABBF8422D9F7E582FC28C5FFE"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide instructional program space improvements for programs relating to early learning (including early learning programs operated by partners of the agency), special education, science, technology, career and technical education, physical education, the arts, and literacy (including library programs);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71D3C0D18F8F4E34A94991AD5E7B8140"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the use of public school facilities for the purpose of community-based partnerships that provide students with academic, health, and social services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65D0756D681D49B98416570F21478D8D"><enum>(18)</enum><text>ensure the health of students and staff during the construction or modernization of public school facilities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F29254D0FE84397A6EDCC031A09564C"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce or eliminate excessive classroom noise due to activities allowable under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H693F5D05074744E1BAEF9465712D33A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allowance for digital learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational agency may use funds received under section 103(a)(2) or proceeds from a school infrastructure bond limitation allocated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54BB">section 54BB(g)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 202) to leverage existing public programs or public-private partnerships to expand access to high-speed broadband sufficient for digital learning.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H15DA39B294FD47B7AF04387DBFA776CB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Prohibited uses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A local educational agency that receives covered funds may not use such funds for—</text> <paragraph id="H9EDC3EA54C0641B190D52483407EC2D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>payment of routine and predictable maintenance costs and minor repairs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD030B17A5DC4DB49E853066BBAC0E09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any facility that is primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H153FFFB2ADF34D5592F357A5F354A61C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>vehicles; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H67A92BA37181472D9A5AF5DF771F9272"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">central offices, operation centers, or other facilities that are not primarily used to educate students.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE5F96DBC823F400DB5D9F2C7AB551932"><enum>303.</enum><header>Green Practices</header>
<subsection id="HEE2458D58583422BA5280C8F59B8441E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In a given fiscal year, a local educational agency that uses covered funds for a new construction project or renovation project shall use not less than the applicable percentage (as described in subsection (b)) of the funds used for such project for construction or renovation that is certified, verified, or consistent with the applicable provisions of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8322E878A8C045969D63B74888E17D82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard (commonly known as the <quote>LEED Green Building Rating System</quote>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H536AB5D2B8524890911CCB0A75C82CDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Living Building Challenge developed by the International Living Future Institute;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0FFE6B818E4148D9B79E993039E827FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a green building rating program developed by the Collaborative for High-Performance Schools (commonly known as <quote>CHPS</quote>) that is CHPS-verified; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H818A3C53549B40AFBF12F4B6125AA13D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a program that—</text> <subparagraph id="H8AD6C8E58D3F4B3D9C5673902396D0FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has standards that are equivalent to or more stringent than the standards of a program described in paragraphs (1) through (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H601C6078E8584FB18450D684499DBF8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is adopted by the State or another jurisdiction with authority over the agency; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCDCC6108E544331A316F64EFE8AB7A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes a verifiable method to demonstrate compliance with such program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF6E194B030FF420CAA23FE895CAA72DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable percentage</header><text>The applicable percentage described in this subsection is—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H310D743196BB4321ADD34AFCB2FA0107"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, 60 percent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA53C088F53094F9B8DF65A9507A8D3A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2021, 70 percent;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2A34E56CB8394A62815127C7DD748BD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022; 80 percent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H046543838D9D4196AEF71C14CE219C98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023, 90 percent; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCE7C44071EDE4EF9B3EC2CE21F662617"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029, 100 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HB4401360FACD47D1A639CD144B1B4996"><enum>304.</enum><header>Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8AD782A44B9F460ABD7161326F70E8F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational agency that receives covered funds shall ensure that any iron, steel, and manufactured products used in projects carried out with such funds are produced in the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4CF0F3F77112458DA2BEBC83903FDACB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC262FD631904D48B8D2C4FF7E4077DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H328100C2EECA4A40A8FBF33BF1D806DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H92EEB7F173FA4A63876DD43218D1C838"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">iron, steel, and manufactured products produced in the United States are not produced in a sufficient and reasonably available amount or are not of a satisfactory quality; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H95296CC48C8C462086D4CB4E595C7A3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>using iron, steel, and manufactured products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90FD39E313684EFF988BBD2D40021B5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before issuing a waiver under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written explanation of the waiver determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDC4AD3B5E509491C8490234401D781A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consistency with international agreements</header><text>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the United States under international agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDFA1D2BDD6614CE1BC8B43400EEDC492"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEDC8D9386DFC41D49835A2501BBC4C36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Produced in the United States</header><text>The term <term>produced in the United States</term> means the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3B388B7EDA174840BA12EDCCFFA46E20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>When used with respect to a manufactured product, the product was manufactured in the United States and the cost of the components of such product that were mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the total cost of all components of the product.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H03A6CDA2B385493887B16BC27E4BF003"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When used with respect to iron or steel products, or an individual component of a manufactured product, all manufacturing processes for such iron or steel products or components, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States, except that the term does not include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HFDC8F182468448A29CDC81ABFC4D6708"><enum>(i)</enum><text>steel or iron material or products manufactured abroad from semi-finished steel or iron from the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1342A9B712204CFB8E33FEA31A3238EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>steel or iron material or products manufactured in the United States from semi-finished steel or iron of foreign origin.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8BAF65BC267E42B587005752954D0CFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Manufactured product</header><text>The term <term>manufactured product</term> means any construction material or end product (as such terms are defined in part 25.003 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) that is not an iron or steel product, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF65A3D9C12CD4ED28F308333C13C58B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>electrical components; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7A67EA4867F4AC79A70E442B894857A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-ferrous building materials, including, aluminum and polyvinylchloride (PVC), glass, fiber optics, plastic, wood, masonry, rubber, manufactured stone, any other non-ferrous metals, and any unmanufactured construction material.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF1EE4DFDAC674B78982A8509C7D32F39"><enum>305.</enum><header>Comptroller general report</header>
<subsection id="H2A3E804F9F66499FA548578A2D095B1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the projects carried out with covered funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61B52B32437641BCB7E0F16C0B4DC981"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of—</text> <paragraph id="H140468375C7342398E923D99439F2A2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the types of projects carried out with covered funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2713F2C1BC84E3D8543203D5AD261B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the geographic distribution of the projects;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBE080B17E5BB4BE8B5683214091829C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact of the projects on the health and safety of school staff and students; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H312CB60CDDFC4F3AA28654F48AC8C51D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how the Secretary or States could make covered funds more accessible—</text> <subparagraph id="HFC624656476043F2AEE2355BD929E8CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to schools with the highest numbers and percentages of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49C99B5BE0D945288E69DE1366227FC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to schools with fiscal challenges in raising capital for school infrastructure projects.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05B7B5F49B30498BB0C6F365675FB741"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Comptroller General shall update and resubmit the report to the appropriate congressional committees—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B50959EDF37447C923496A9D13A6EB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on a date that is between 5 and 6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB8EDD7BF2241728394A28B3A2DDBEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on a date that is between 10 and 11 years after such date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9AFF3C441E364B189B1E8D1C90F99560"><enum>306.</enum><header>Study and report physical condition of public schools</header>
<subsection id="HCE8E7F5E07D847A88F34E20F6886446A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study and report</header><text>Not less frequently than once in each 5-year period beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H42EFC0278AB74883AFD399389495E35F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carry out a comprehensive study of the physical conditions of all public schools in the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C40B34D72FD44FBB739ABE092858BD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes that results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB0BD8BAE6844DAC9EF317F2209BB5BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each study and report under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of—</text> <paragraph id="H5C7197EFB4194F178178F1F2DB5B7587"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effect of school facility conditions on student and staff health and safety;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBA9264FEA45421D8F104E2A78E94275"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effect of school facility conditions on student academic outcomes;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H65DBA5DA0BE84594A17C4714851DB63D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the condition of school facilities, set forth separately by geographic region;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FC389A69B4847EA9C6A2332B8D24382"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the condition of school facilities for economically disadvantaged students as well as students from major racial and ethnic subgroups;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEEA63298E3F406F8A08529F5C889803"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the accessibility of school facilities for students and staff with disabilities; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H25C8731CF99B4255B27451E9B42B2456"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of any differences observed with respect to the factors described in paragraphs (1) through (5) between local educational agencies that received covered funds and agencies that did not receive such funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H767FB93DEED44BCE97B5DDFEF31FD15F"><enum>307.</enum><header>Development of data standards</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC824BA7C39CA48A7B4A1FDDA51008F66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data standards</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the officials described in subsection (b), shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE933DEBA615544A1A68566EAF670E783"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the data that States should collect and include in the databases developed under section 102(a)(2)(B);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6724530460024A0496E78328E6C1AD45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop standards for the measurement of such data; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD7389DCB86684EF39771A16ACB34A60D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>issue guidance to States concerning the collection and measurement of such data.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD2EE89F0791B448CA865833539DD252B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Officials</header><text>The officials described in this subsection are—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1572393DCC1D47AD8D1294376B7203A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFD15F3DD5CB4045AE237B02E21F1F2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Energy;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1D0A472654B14E8ABFD1506C85FDB94A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCD3691BEC704463085AC20FCA1007983"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF3B63B0DAE3C4663A4DC5C8193353EEF"><enum>308.</enum><header>Information clearinghouse</header> <subsection id="H1AB59A7B84DC41BBA2EDFF14AE75A7A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse to disseminate information on Federal programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to assist schools in initiating, developing, and financing—</text>
<paragraph id="HF8E2EADA966048878E14FAF095A75149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>energy efficiency projects;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2A861F427C38421B8B39D2A499493E16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>distributed generation projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22BB171E5E5A4558A0CE455F36C83951"><enum>(3)</enum><text>energy retrofitting projects.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32F5F49A294E4298B32039D3570B7FE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H549639A6E9C24E85AD73F5D33770A18A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with the officials described in section 307(b) to develop a list of Federal programs and financing mechanisms to be included in the clearinghouse; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB21485E96824ACBB9B7824682DD85B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with such officials to develop a collaborative education and outreach effort to streamline communications and promote the Federal programs and financing mechanisms included in the clearinghouse, which may include the development and maintenance of a single online resource that includes contact information for relevant technical assistance that may be used by States, local educational agencies, and schools to effectively access and use such Federal programs and financing mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Impact aid construction</header>
<section id="H5EB9B2A59DD84D87B8BE88FDF743CDB0"><enum>401.</enum><header>Temporary increase in funding for impact aid construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7014(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7714">20 U.S.C. 7714(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H810E2AD89ADF4A608501CDB70A76E917"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of carrying out section 7007, there are authorized to be appropriated—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H155D203983D14DA3B5D20B85F090D4A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$18,756,765 for fiscal year 2020;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H598C60D01B6341B49F9F995C3A63E7B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,406,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H18A598DE946E48B8BC466FF21C680B0B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$52,756,765 for fiscal year 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>