[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2970. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. IMPACT AID ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LOCAL 
                   EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

       (a) Certain Heavily Impacted Local Educational Agencies.--
     Section 7003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B)(i)(IV)(aa), by striking ``35'' and 
     inserting ``20''; and
       (2) in the matter preceding item (aa) of subparagraph 
     (D)(i)(II), by striking ``35'' and inserting ``20''.
       (b) Agencies Affected by Privatization or Closure of 
     Military Housing.--Section 7003(b)(2)(G) of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(G)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in clause (i), by striking ``clause (iii)'' and 
     inserting ``clause (iv)'';
       (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
       (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
       ``(iii) Special rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this section, a local educational agency that was eligible 
     for, and received, a basic support payment under this 
     paragraph for fiscal year 2024 through the application of 
     clause (i) shall remain eligible for a basic support payment 
     under this paragraph for fiscal year 2025 and any succeeding 
     fiscal year. The amount of a payment under this clause shall 
     be calculated in accordance with clause (ii).''.
       (c) Determination of Weighted Student Units for Purposes of 
     the Federal Impact Aid Program.--Section 7003(a)(2)(C)(ii) of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7703(a)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ``100,000'' and 
     inserting ``85,000''.
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