[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2007 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2007

To assist poor communities with public elementary and secondary school 
                             construction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2001

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To assist poor communities with public elementary and secondary school 
                             construction.

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

SECTION 1. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE FOR POOR COMMUNITIES 
              AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to make 
grants to eligible local educational agencies to assist them in 
addressing the cost of constructing new public elementary and secondary 
school facilities or building additions to existing public elementary 
and secondary school facilities.
    (b) Eligibility.--A local educational agency is eligible to receive 
funds under this section if 20 percent or more of the children aged 5 
to 17, inclusive, served by the local educational agency are from 
families with incomes below the poverty line.
    (c) Limitation on Federal Share.--The Federal funds provided under 
this section to a local educational agency may not exceed 10 percent of 
the total cost of the project to be assisted under this section.
    (d) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In the case 
of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased 
with financial assistance provided under this section, it is the sense 
of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in 
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products.
    (e) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial 
assistance under this section, the head of each Federal agency shall 
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the 
statement made in subsection (d) by the Congress.
    (f) Use of American-Made Steel.--A local educational agency 
receiving financial assistance under this section for construction 
shall use American-made steel for such construction and shall comply 
with the requirements of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et 
seq., popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
    (h) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 14101 of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        8801).
            (2) Poverty line.--The term ``poverty line'' means the 
        poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
        Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) 
        of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) 
        applicable to a family of the size involved.
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