[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2617 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2617

Making a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Education for 
   the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 7, 2004

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Education for 
   the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

    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 ``No Child Left Behind Appropriations 
Support Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

    (a) Appropriation.--To carry out this Act, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated 
$237,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Department of 
Education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
    (b) Payments.--In addition to amounts otherwise provided to a local 
educational agency under subpart 2 of part A of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) 
for fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Education shall make a payment 
in an amount determined under subsection (c) to each local educational 
agency that receives a lesser amount of funds for fiscal year 2004 
under such subpart than the agency received for fiscal year 2003.
    (c) Determination of Amount.--The amount of a payment to a local 
educational agency under this Act shall be equal to the amount of the 
difference between--
            (1) the amount the agency would otherwise receive for 
        fiscal year 2004 under subpart 2 of part A of title I of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 
        et seq.); and
            (2) the amount the agency received for fiscal year 2003 
        under such subpart.
    (d) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``local educational agency'' 
has the meaning given to that term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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