[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3609 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3609

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide 
 that children that have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are 
  fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English 
                      language acquisition grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

Mrs. Murphy of Florida (for herself, Mr. Soto, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, 
   Mr. Crist, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Hastings, and Ms. Wilson of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide 
 that children that have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are 
  fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English 
                      language acquisition grants.

    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 ``Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and 
Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act'' or the ``ELEVATE Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICO WITH RESPECT TO ALLOTMENTS FOR ENGLISH 
              LANGUAGE ACQUISITION GRANTS.

    Section 3201(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7011(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``in which the 
        primary language of instruction in public elementary schools 
        and secondary schools is English'' after ``any State''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, other than Puerto 
        Rico,'' after ``States''.
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