[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4158 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4158

 To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a program of energy 
            assistance grants to local educational agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2005

   Mr. Baca (for himself, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Costa, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
Gutierrez, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
California, Ms. Solis, Mr. Israel, Mr. Ford, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Cuellar, 
 Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Linda T. 
   Sanchez of California, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Owens, Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Higgins, and 
 Mrs. Jones of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a program of energy 
            assistance grants to local educational agencies.

    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 ``School Energy Crisis Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOL ENERGY GRANTS.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Energy shall 
establish a program to make grants to eligible local educational 
agencies that have experienced the highest percentage increase or 
expenditure increase in transportation and heating fuel costs 
(including costs incurred by eligible local educational agencies or by 
entities under contract to provide transportation to such entities) 
among all local educational agencies in the State for a specific time 
period during the 2005-2006 school year, in comparison to the same time 
period during the 2004-2005 school year.
    (b) Eligible Local Educational Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
        local educational agency shall be eligible for a grant under 
        this section if it is among the top 10 percent of all local 
        educational agencies in its State for numbers or percentages of 
        children counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)).
            (2) Exception.--In the case of a State with fewer than 50 
        school districts, a local educational agency shall be eligible 
        for a grant under this section if it is among the highest among 
        all local educational agencies in its State for numbers or 
        percentages of children counted under section 1124(c) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        6333(c)).
    (c) State Allocation.--Each State shall receive, in the aggregate, 
an amount based on--
            (1) the population of children between ages 5 and 17 of the 
        State according to the most recent Census, in comparison to all 
        other States; and
            (2) the regional cost of transportation and heating fuel, 
        in comparison with the average national cost, as determined by 
        the most recent statistical data from the Energy Information 
        Administration.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Amounts provided under this section to eligible 
local educational agencies may be used to pay for the cost of 
transportation or heating fuel purchased by the eligible local 
educational agencies or for transportation fuel purchased by entities 
under contract to provide transportation services to such agencies.
    (e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``local 
educational agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 9101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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