3.0.0 1597 2023-01-11T13:22:16Z 2023-01-11T13:22:16Z Senate S S 2011-09-21 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-21T23:05:57Z American Jobs Act of 2011 112 12 HR 2011-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Related bill CRS Fix America's Schools Today (FAST) Act of 2011 112 2948 HR 2011-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS American Jobs Act of 2011 112 1549 S 2011-09-14 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165. Related bill CRS American Jobs Act of 2011 112 1660 S 2011-10-11 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the bill made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6383) Related bill CRS Community College Innovation Act 112 1978 S 2011-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2011-09-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-09-21 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-09-21 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-09-21 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-09-21 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-09-21 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-09-21 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-09-21 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-09-23 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-09-26 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-09-26 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-11-15 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-11-18 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-11-29 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-12-14 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-12-16 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2012-01-23 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2012-03-19 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2012-03-29 False Education Buy American requirements Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental technology Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Higher education Labor standards Public contracts and procurement Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Education 00 2011-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-13T21:02:48Z Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to modernize, renovate, or repair early learning or elementary or secondary education facilities.

Requires the Secretary to allocate grants directly to the 100 LEAs with the largest numbers of children aged 5-17 living in poverty to modernize, renovate, or repair such facilities. Allocates such funds among these LEAs in proportion to each LEA's respective share of school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Requires states to give subgrant priority to projects that comply with certain green building standards.

Prohibits the use of such grants for new construction, routine janitorial costs, or on facilities used for events for which the public is charged admission.

Reserves funds for a survey, by the National Center for Education Statistics, of our public school construction, modernization, renovation, and repair needs.

Directs the Secretary to allocate grants to states to modernize, renovate, or repair existing facilities at community colleges.

Prohibits the use of such grants: (1) for routine janitorial costs, (2) on facilities used for events for which the public is charged admission, or (3) on facilities which are used for sectarian purposes.

Requires states, in providing assistance to community college projects, to consider the extent to which the project complies with certain green building standards.

Limits the amount of time states and LEAs have to obligate this Act's grants and subgrants.

Requires, with certain exceptions, the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in projects funded by this Act to be domestic.

Applies the prevailing wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to projects assisted pursuant to this Act.

]]> Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011 Display Title Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary school and secondary school buildings in public school districts and community colleges across the United States in order to support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in those schools, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1597is/xml/BILLS-112s1597is.xml 2011-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.