[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4018 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4018

                To repeal certain education provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2005

  Mr. Boehner (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
 Texas, Mr. Kline, Mr. Marchant, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Doolittle, 
Mr. Flake, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Pence, Mr. Sessions, 
 Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. Tiahrt) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
                To repeal certain education provisions.

    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 ``Setting Priorities in Spending Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Repeals.--The following provisions of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) are hereby 
repealed:
            (1) Subpart 3 of part D of title II (20 U.S.C. 6775; 
        relating to ready-to-learn television).
            (2) Subpart 7 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7255 et seq.; 
        commonly referred to as the ``Star Schools Act'').
            (3) Subpart 8 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7257 et seq.; 
        relating to the Ready to Teach program).
            (4) Subpart 9 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7259 et seq.; 
        commonly referred to as the ``Foreign Language Assistance Act 
        of 2001'').
            (5) Subpart 11 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7263 et 
        seq.; relating to community technology centers).
            (6) Subpart 12 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7265 et 
        seq.; relating to educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and 
        exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and 
        their historical whaling and trading partners in 
        Massachusetts).
            (7) Subpart 15 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7271; 
        relating to arts in education).
            (8) Subpart 16 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7273 et 
        seq.; relating to parental assistance and local family 
        information centers).
            (9) Subpart 21 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7283 et 
        seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Women's Educational Equity 
        Act of 2001'').
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in part D of title II, by redesignating subpart 4 as 
        subpart 3;
            (2) in part D of title V, by redesignating subparts 10, 13, 
        14, 17, 18, 19, and 20 as subparts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, 
        respectively; and
            (3) in the table of contents in section 2--
                    (A) by striking the items relating to each subpart 
                (and the sections therein) repealed by subsection (a);
                    (B) in the items relating to part D of title II, by 
                redesignating the item relating to subpart 4 as an item 
                relating to subpart 3; and
                    (C) in the items relating to part D of title V, by 
                redesignating the items relating to subparts 10, 13, 
                14, 17, 18, 19, and 20 as items relating to subparts 7, 
                8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, respectively.

SEC. 3. EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ACT.

    Title VIII of H.R. 5656 of the 106th Congress (20 U.S.C. 9401 et 
seq.; 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-77; commonly referred to as the ``Early 
Learning Opportunities Act''), enacted by section 1 of Public Law 106-
554, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Occupational and Employment Information.--Section 118 of the 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 
U.S.C. 2328) is repealed.
    (b) Demonstration Program.--Section 207 of the Carl D. Perkins 
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2376) is 
repealed.

SEC. 5. STATE GRANTS FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH.

    Part D of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 
U.S.C. 1151) is repealed.

SEC. 6. LITERACY PROGRAM FOR PRISONERS.

    Notwithstanding the provisions under the heading ``Safe Schools and 
Citizenship Education'' in title III of division F of Public Law 108-
447 (118 Stat. 3145), the Secretary may not obligate any funds to carry 
out section 601 of the National Literacy Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-
73; 105 Stat. 356; relating to literacy for prisoners).
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