[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6413 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6413

To prohibit local educational agencies from obligating certain Federal 
 funds when schools are not providing full-time in-person instruction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2022

   Mrs. Cammack (for herself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. 
 Rutherford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit local educational agencies from obligating certain Federal 
 funds when schools are not providing full-time in-person instruction.

    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 ``Keep Kids in Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION RELATING TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to subsection (b), a local educational agency that received 
funds under section 18003 of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116-136), section 313 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116-
260), or section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117-2) shall not obligate such funds during any period when one or 
more elementary or secondary schools served by such local educational 
agency are not providing full-time in-person instruction.
    (b) Exception.--The restriction described in subsection (a) shall 
not apply with respect to a school that is not providing full-time in-
person instruction due to following quarantine or isolation guidelines 
issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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