[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 598 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 598

  To amend the Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary 
      Education Act of 1965 to improve the distribution of school 
 construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian 
                         land school districts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2005

     Mr. Terry (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
  Etheridge, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ryun of 
  Kansas, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Costello, Mr. Case, Mr. Pallone, and Mrs. 
  Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary 
      Education Act of 1965 to improve the distribution of school 
 construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian 
                         land school districts.

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

SECTION 1. IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION OF CONSTRUCTION PAYMENTS.

     Section 8007(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``40 percent'' and 
        inserting ``80 percent'';
            (2) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), by 
        striking ``50 percent'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``40 percent'';
            (3) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraphs:
                    ``(C) The agency is eligible under section 
                8003(b)(2).
                    ``(D) The agency is eligible under Section 
                8003(a)(2)(C). ''; and
            (4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Amount of payments.--The amount of a payment to each 
        local educational agency described in this subsection for a 
        fiscal year shall be--
                    ``(A) not less than the greater of the amount 
                appropriated as provided under paragraph (1) for such 
                fiscal year; divided by--
                            ``(i) the number of children determined 
                        under subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)(i) of 
                        section 8003(a)(1) who were in average daily 
                        attendance for all local educational agencies 
                        described in paragraph (2), including the 
                        number of children attending a school facility 
                        described in section 8008(a) if the Secretary 
                        does not provide assistance for the school 
                        facility under that section for the fiscal 
                        year; multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the number of children determined 
                        for such agency; or
                    ``(B) $25,000.''.

SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE EMERGENCY AND MODERNIZATION GRANTS.

    Section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``60 percent'' and 
        inserting ``20 percent'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(C)(i)(I) by striking ``the agency 
        meets at least one'' and all that follows, and inserting ``the 
        number of children determined under section 8003(a)(1)(C) for 
        the agency for the preceding school year constituted at least 
        40 percent of the total student enrollment in the schools of 
        the agency during the preceding school year.'';
            (3) by striking paragraph (3)(D)(ii)(II) and inserting the 
        following:
                                    ``(II) The number of children 
                                determined under section 8003(a)(1)(C) 
                                for the school for the preceding school 
                                year constituted at least 40 percent of 
                                the total student enrollment in the 
                                school during the preceding school 
                                year.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (4)(C) by striking ``(B), (C), and (D)'' 
        and inserting ``and (C)''.
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