[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4496 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4496

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
 that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees 
that each eligible local educational agency receives at least the same 
    percentage of the maximum payment under current formulas as the 
        percentage of its land owned by the Federal Government.


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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 
that each eligible local educational agency receives at least the same 
    percentage of the maximum payment under current formulas as the 
        percentage of its land owned by the Federal Government.

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

SECTION 1. EACH ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE AT LEAST 
              SAME PERCENTAGE OF THE MAXIMUM PAYMENT AS THE PERCENTAGE 
              OF LAND OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    (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 to Percentage of Maximum.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this title, the Secretary shall, each fiscal year, 
for each eligible local educational agency, 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 amount determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the maximum amount that the local 
                        educational agency is eligible to receive under 
                        the other provisions of this section; and
                            ``(ii) the percentage of land of the local 
                        educational agency that is Federal property 
                        eligible under this section.
            ``(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 to Percentage of Maximum.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this title, the Secretary shall, each fiscal year, 
for each eligible local educational agency, do the following:
            ``(1) Identify--
                    ``(A) the amount that the local educational agency 
                is to receive under subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) the amount determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the maximum amount that the local 
                        educational agency is eligible to receive under 
                        subsection (b); and
                            ``(ii) the percentage of land of the local 
                        educational agency that is Federal property 
                        eligible under section 8002.
            ``(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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