[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4350 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4350

 To provide for grants from the Secretary of Energy to State and local 
 educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for grants from the Secretary of Energy to State and local 
 educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs.

    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 Building Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of Energy may provide grants--
            (1) to State educational agencies and local educational 
        agencies for providing intensive technical assistance for, and 
        assisting the implementation of, the EnergySmart Schools 
        Program of the Department of Energy and the Energy Star for K-
        12 School Districts program of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency; and
            (2) to State educational agencies for use in the 
        development of State-level school energy efficiency quality 
        plans, in partnership with the Department of Energy, 
        including--
                    (A) standards for school building design, 
                construction, and renovation; and
                    (B) proposals for the systematic improvement 
                (including benchmarks and timelines) of environmental 
                conditions in and around schools throughout the State, 
                including--
                            (i) environmentally preferable purchasing 
                        of products for instruction and maintenance;
                            (ii) increasing the use of alternative 
                        energy fuels in school buses; and
                            (iii) maximization of transportation 
                        choices for students, staff, and other members 
                        of the community.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE.

    The Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out 
using funds from a grant under this Act shall not exceed 90 percent.

SEC. 4. GRANT PRIORITY.

    In providing grants under section 2(1), the Secretary of Energy 
shall give priority to projects to provide assistance to school 
districts that have a demonstrated need for energy efficiency 
improvement.

SEC. 5. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the terms ``State educational agency'' 
and ``local educational agency'' have the meanings given those terms in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801).

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 
to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal 
years 2006 through 2011.
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