[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4322. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 583. GAO REPORT ON IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a comprehensive study that--
       (1) examines the implementation of section 8007 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (for fiscal 
     year 2016 and any preceding fiscal year, and as in effect for 
     such fiscal year) and section 7007 of that Act (for each of 
     fiscal years 2017 and 2018, and as in effect for such fiscal 
     year), including a comparison of--
       (A) the distribution of payments between subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) of subsection (a)(3) of those sections, as 
     applicable, for the period of the 10 fiscal years preceding 
     the fiscal year of the study;
       (B) other Federal funding made available to local 
     educational agencies eligible to receive funding under 
     subsection (a)(3) of those sections; and
       (C) the overall level of available capital funding of local 
     educational agencies eligible to receive funding under 
     subsection (a)(3) of those sections compared to other 
     comparable local educational agencies;
       (2) evaluates unmet need as of the date of enactment of 
     this section for housing of professionals employed to work at 
     schools operated by local educational agencies eligible to 
     receive funding under subsection (a)(3)(B) of section 7007 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as in 
     effect for fiscal year 2017);
       (3) to the extent practicable, determines the age, 
     condition, and remaining utility of school facilities for 
     those local educational agencies enrolling students described 
     in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 7003(a)(1) of that Act 
     (as in effect for fiscal year 2017) that are eligible to 
     receive a basic support payment under--
       (A) section 8003(b) of that Act (for any of fiscal years 
     2009 through 2016, and as in effect for such fiscal year); 
     and
       (B) section 7003(b) of that Act (for any of fiscal years 
     2017 and 2018, and as in effect for such fiscal year); and
       (4) recommends a method by which the Federal Government may 
     develop a school facility condition index for a school 
     facility of a local educational agency eligible to receive 
     funding under 7007(a)(3) of that Act (as in effect for fiscal 
     year 2017) that limits the reporting burden to the maximum 
     extent practicable on the eligible local educational agencies 
     included in the index.
       (b) Reporting.--The Comptroller General shall submit a 
     report containing the conclusions of the study under 
     subsection (a) to--
       (1) the Committees on Indian Affairs, Armed Services, and 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
       (2) the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native 
     Affairs and the Committees on Education and the Workforce and 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (c) Timeframe.--The Comptroller General shall complete the 
     study under subsection (a) and submit the report under 
     subsection (b) by the date that is not later than 18 months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (d) Definition of School Facility.--In this section, the 
     term ``school facility'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 7013 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713), as in effect for fiscal year 2017.
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