[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 11 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S530]
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                          IMPACT AID PAYMENTS

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1543, a bill relating to 
impact aid payments introduced earlier today by Senator Kerrey, that 
the bill be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table; further, that any statements on this measure appear at 
the appropriate place in the Record as though read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the bill (S. 1543) was deemed read for a third time, and passed, 
as follows:

                                S. 1543

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

     SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF IMPACT AID PAYMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education shall treat any 
     State as having met the requirements of section 5(d)(2)(A) of 
     Public Law 81-874 for fiscal year 1991, and as not having met 
     those requirements for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, 
     and 1994, if--
       (1) its program of State aid was not certified by the 
     Secretary under section 5(d)(2)(C)(i) of Public Law 81-874 
     for any fiscal year before fiscal year 1991;
       (2) the State submitted timely notice under that section of 
     its intention to seek that certification;
       (3) the Secretary determined that the State did not meet 
     the requirements of section 5(d)(2)(A) of Public Law 81-874 
     for fiscal year 1991; and
       (4) it has made a payment of each local educational agency 
     in the State, other than any local educational agency that 
     received a payment for fiscal year 1991 under section 
     3(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 81-874, whose State aid it reduced 
     for the fiscal year, in the full amount of that reduction.
       (b) Repayment not Required.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, any local educational agency in such a 
     State that received funds under section 3(d)(2)(B) of Public 
     Law 81-874 for fiscal year 1991 shall not, by virtue of 
     subsection (a), be required to repay those funds to the 
     Secretary.

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