[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2869 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2869

    To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local 
  educational agencies for the construction, renovation, or repair of 
                         athletics facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2011

  Ms. Fudge introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local 
  educational agencies for the construction, renovation, or repair of 
                         athletics facilities.

    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 Athletic Facilities 
Restoration Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ATHLETICS FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subpart:

                   ``Subpart 22--Athletic Facilities

``SEC. 5619. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This subpart may be cited as the `School Athletic Facilities 
Restoration Program'.

``SEC. 5620. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to make grants, on a competitive 
basis, to local educational agencies for the construction, renovation, 
or repair of school facilities that are primarily used for physical 
education, athletic contests or exhibitions, or athletic 
extracurricular activities, such as team sports.

``SEC. 5621. APPLICATIONS.

    ``Each local educational agency desiring a grant under this subpart 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary 
shall require.

``SEC. 5622. REQUIREMENTS.

            ``(1) Report to secretary.--A local educational agency 
        receiving a grant under this subpart shall submit to the 
        Secretary an annual report that--
                    ``(A) describes the activities conducted during the 
                preceding year; and
                    ``(B) demonstrates that progress has been made 
                toward completing the construction, renovation, or 
                repair of the facility.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 5 percent of 
        the grant funds made available to a local educational agency 
        under this subpart may be used for administrative expenses.

``SEC. 5623. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of any project 
funded under this subpart shall not exceed 50 percent.
    ``(b) Proportionality.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall ensure that grants awarded under this subpart shall be equitably 
distributed among local educational agencies serving urban and rural 
areas.
    ``(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after a grant is 
awarded under this subpart, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to Congress that--
            ``(1) describes the grants made under this subpart;
            ``(2) documents the progress of construction, renovation, 
        and repair funded under this subpart; and
            ``(3) makes such recommendations as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate for the continuation and improvement of 
        grants made under this subpart.
    ``(d) Availability of Funds.--Amounts made available to the 
Secretary to carry out this subpart shall remain available until 
expended.

``SEC. 5624. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds made available under this subpart shall be used to 
supplement, and not supplant, any other Federal, State, or local funds 
available for construction, renovation, or repair of school 
facilities.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The table of contents in section 2 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to subpart 21 of part D of title V 
the following new item:

                   ``subpart 22--athletics facilities

``Sec. 5619. Short title.
``Sec. 5620. Program authorized.
``Sec. 5621. Applications.
``Sec. 5622. Requirements.
``Sec. 5623. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 5624. Supplement, not supplant.''.
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