[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3896 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3896

To amend section 8007 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
 1965 to extend eligibility for emergency and modernization grants to 
local educational agencies in which at least 10 percent of the property 
 in each such agency is nontaxable due to the presence of the Federal 
                  Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2012

  Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 8007 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
 1965 to extend eligibility for emergency and modernization grants to 
local educational agencies in which at least 10 percent of the property 
 in each such agency is nontaxable due to the presence of the Federal 
                  Government, 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. ELIGIBILITY FOR EMERGENCY AND MODERNIZATION GRANTS.

    Section 8007(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                                            ``(cc) At least 10 percent 
                                        of the property in the agency 
                                        is nontaxable due to the 
                                        presence of the Federal 
                                        Government.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Limitations on eligibility requirements.--The 
                Secretary shall not limit eligibility--
                            ``(i) under subparagraph (C)(i)(I)(aa), to 
                        those local educational agencies in which the 
                        number of children determined under section 
                        8003(a)(1)(C) for each such agency for the 
                        preceding school year constituted more than 40 
                        percent of the total student enrollment in the 
                        schools of each such agency during the 
                        preceding school year; and
                            ``(ii) under subparagraph (C)(i)(I)(cc), to 
                        those local educational agencies in which more 
                        than 10 percent of the property in each such 
                        agency is nontaxable due to the presence of the 
                        Federal Government.''.
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