[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2846 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2846

   To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing 
               without explicit and specific legislation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 1997

  Mr. Goodling (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Duncan, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
Largent, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Waters, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Gingrich, 
Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Souder, Mr. Armey, Mr. Blunt, 
 Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Kasich) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing 
               without explicit and specific legislation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON NATIONAL TESTING.

    (a) General Education Provisions.--Part C of the General Education 
Provisions Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 447. PROHIBITION ON NATIONAL TESTING.

    ``(a) General Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
Federal law, funds provided to the Department of Education or to an 
applicable program under this Act or any other Act, may not be used to 
develop, plan, implement (including pilot testing or field testing), or 
administer any national testing program in reading or mathematics or 
any other subject that is not specifically and explicitly provided for 
in authorizing legislation enacted into law.
    ``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the Third 
International Math and Science Study.''.
    (b) Fund for the Improvement of Education.--Section 10101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c), the following:
    ``(d) General Prohibition.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section, funds provided under this section may not be used 
        to develop, plan, implement (including pilot testing or field 
        testing), or administer any national testing program in reading 
        or mathematics or any other subject that is not specifically 
        and explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation enacted 
        into law.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        Third International Math and Science Study.''.
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