[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1206 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1206

 To transfer the impact aid program to the Department of the Treasury 
   and to provide for the procurement of services by nongovernmental 
   personnel for the performance of the functions of the impact aid 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1999

   Mr. Terry (for himself and Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer the impact aid program to the Department of the Treasury 
   and to provide for the procurement of services by nongovernmental 
   personnel for the performance of the functions of the impact aid 
                                program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Impact Aid Revitalization Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF IMPACT AID PROGRAM FROM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO 
              DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

    (a) Transfer of Functions.--There are hereby transferred to the 
Department of the Treasury all functions that the Secretary of 
Education exercised on the day before the effective date specified in 
section 4 (including all related functions of any officer or employee 
of the Department of Education) that relate to the administration or 
enforcement of the impact aid program under title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.).
    (b) Transfer of Assets and Funds.--Consistent with section 1531 of 
title 31, United States Code, the assets, liabilities, contracts, 
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
authorizations, allocations, and other funds that relate to the 
functions transferred under subsection (a) from the Department of 
Education shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury. 
Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used 
by the Department of the Treasury only for the purposes for which the 
funds were originally authorized and appropriated.
    (c) References.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8013 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.''.
            (2) Other references.--After the transfer of functions from 
        the Department of Education under subsection (a), any reference 
        in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, 
        document, or other material to the Department of Education or 
        the Secretary of Education in connection with the 
        administration or enforcement of the impact aid program shall 
        be deemed to be a reference to the Department of the Treasury 
        or the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively.
    (d) Savings Provisions.--The transfer of functions from the 
Department of Education under subsection (a) shall not affect--
            (1) an order, determination, rule, regulation, permit, 
        agreement, grant, contract, certificate, license, registration, 
        privilege, or other administrative action issued, made, 
        granted, or otherwise in effect or final with respect to the 
        Department of Education on the day before the transfer date 
        with respect to the transferred functions; or
            (2) any suit commenced with regard to the Department of 
        Education, and any other proceeding (including a notice of 
        proposed rulemaking), or any application for any license, 
        permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before the 
        Department of Education on the day before the transfer date 
        with respect to the transferred functions.

SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES BY NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL TO CARRY 
              OUT CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE IMPACT AID PROGRAM.

    The Secretary may, in accordance with applicable administrative 
regulation or policy, competitively procure by contract the services of 
nongovernmental personnel for the performance of the functions of the 
impact aid program, in whole or in part, determined by the Secretary to 
be more efficient under subsection (a)(1).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the earlier of--
            (1) the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) such date during that 180-day period as the President 
        may direct in an Executive order.
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