[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6890 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 6890


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 22 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under 
 section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-
148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery 
                    relief, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY TO EASE FISCAL BURDENS.

    Section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 
109-148 (119 Stat. 2797) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``2008'' and inserting ``2009''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``for fiscal year 
        2006 or 2007'' and inserting ``for any fiscal year''.

SEC. 2. HOLD HARMLESS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES SERVING MAJOR 
              DISASTER AREAS.

    In the case of a local educational agency that serves an area in 
which the President has declared that a major disaster exists in 
accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to severe 
storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico in calendar year 2008, the amount made available for such 
local educational agency under each of sections 1124, 1124A, 1125, and 
1125A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6333, 6334, 6335, and 6337) for fiscal year 2009 shall be not less than 
the amount made available for such local educational agency under each 
of such sections for fiscal year 2008.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.