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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1318

To provide for the elimination of the Department of Education, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1995

Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. SOLOMON, and Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Economic and Educational Opportunities

A BILL

To provide for the elimination of the Department of

Education, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu5 cation Elimination Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

7 (a) ELIMINATION.—The Department of Education is

8 hereby eliminated.

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef10 fect on January 1, 1998.
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1 SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, prior to January 1, 1998, the Secretary of

4 Education (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec5 retary’’) shall take such actions as may be necessary to—

6 (1) consolidate into a block grant program

7 those programs that are administered by the De8 partment of Education and are appropriate for

9 States to administer; and

10 (2) otherwise provide for the complete elimi11 nation of the Department of Education pursuant to

12 section 2.

13 (b) SUBMISSIONS TO CONGRESS.—

14 (1) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 180 days

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall submit to the Congress a plan to carry

17 out subsection (a), which shall include any rec18 ommendations for—

19 (A) legislation necessary to carry out sub20 section (a); and

21 (B) transfers of functions and activities,

22 including all existing obligations to other exist23 ing or successor Federal or State agencies.

24 (2) ABOLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF EDU25 CATION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
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1 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to

2 the Congress a report which shall include—

3 (A) recommendations and a strategic plan

4 for the complete transfer of those programs and

5 agencies considered appropriate for continued

6 Federal administration to other existing depart7 ments, and the abolishment of those programs

8 and agencies that are redundant, obsolete, or

9 otherwise unnecessary; and

10 (B) a description of the projected cost sav11 ings to the Federal Government that would be

12 achieved through the implementation of such

13 recommendation and strategic plan.

14 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE RECOMMENDA15 TIONS.

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

17 of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Of18 fice shall submit to the Committee on Economic and Edu19 cational Opportunities of the House of Representatives a

20 list of recommendations for minimizing the cost of Federal

21 education programs through the elimination of the De22 partment of Education.

23 SEC. 5. GAO REPORT.

24 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

25 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
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1 shall submit to the Committee on Economic and Edu2 cational Opportunities of the House of Representatives a

3 report which shall include recommendations for the most

4 efficient means of achieving—

5 (1) the complete elimination of the Department

6 of Education; and

7 (2) the transfer of appropriate functions of the

8 Department of Education to other existing or suc9 cessor Federal or State agencies.

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