[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4495 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4495

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
 that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees 
 full funding under current formulas to local educational agencies in 
   which the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of the land.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2007

 Mr. David Davis of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
 that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees 
 full funding under current formulas to local educational agencies in 
   which the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of the land.

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

SECTION 1. FULL FUNDING FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES IN WHICH THE 
              FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THE LAND.

    (a) Payments for Federal Acquisition of Real Property.--Section 
8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7702) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Entitlement of Certain Local Educational Agencies to Full 
Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
Secretary shall, each fiscal year, for each eligible local educational 
agency at least 50 percent of the land of which is Federal property 
eligible under this section, do the following:
            ``(1) Identify--
                    ``(A) the amount that the local educational agency 
                is to receive under the other provisions of this 
                section; and
                    ``(B) the full amount that the local educational 
                agency would receive under this section if payments 
                under this section were fully funded.
            ``(2) If the amount under paragraph (1)(A) is less than the 
        amount under paragraph (1)(B), transfer, from amounts available 
        to the Secretary for other purposes, funds sufficient to make 
        up the difference, and add those funds to the amount paid to 
        the local educational agency under this section.''.
    (b) Basic Payments; Payments for Heavily Impacted Local Educational 
Agencies.--Section 8003 of that Act (20 U.S.C.7703) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Entitlement of Certain Local Educational Agencies to Full 
Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
Secretary shall, each fiscal year, for each eligible local educational 
agency at least 50 percent of the land of which is Federal property 
eligible under this section, do the following:
            ``(1) Identify--
                    ``(A) the amount that the local educational agency 
                is to receive under subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) the full amount that the local educational 
                agency would receive under subsection (b) if payments 
                under that subsection were fully funded.
            ``(2) If the amount under paragraph (1)(A) is less than the 
        amount under paragraph (1)(B), transfer, from amounts available 
        to the Secretary for other purposes, funds sufficient to make 
        up the difference, and add those funds to the amount paid to 
        the local educational agency under subsection (b).''.
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