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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2592 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide 

that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are 

fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English 

Language Acquisition grants. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2021 

Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated 

from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for 

purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants. 

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 ‘‘Ensuring Linguistic 

5 Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘ELEVATE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICO WITH RESPECT TO 

2 ALLOTMENTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AC3 QUISITION GRANTS. 

4 (a) CHANGE IN DEFINITION.—Section 3201(5) of the 

5 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 7011(5)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

8 ‘‘AND MIGRANTS FROM PUERTO RICO’’ after 

9 ‘‘YOUTH’’; 

10 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

11 by striking ‘‘immigrant children and youth’’ and in12 serting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and migrants 

13 from Puerto Rico’’; 

14 (3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘in which 

15 the primary language of instruction in public ele16 mentary schools and secondary schools is English’’ 

17 after ‘‘any State’’; and 

18 (4) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, other 

19 than Puerto Rico,’’ after ‘‘States’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part A of title III 

21 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

22 (20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.) is amended— 

23 (1) in each of sections 3102 and 3114 (20 

24 U.S.C. 6812 and 6824), by striking ‘‘immigrant 

25 children and youth’’ each place the term appears 


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1 and inserting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and 

2 migrants from Puerto Rico’’; 

3 (2) in section 3111 (20 U.S.C. 6821)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘immigrant children and 

5 youth’’ each place the term appears and insert6 ing ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi7 grants from Puerto Rico’’; and 

8 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), by inserting 

9 ‘‘and migrants’’ after ‘‘such children and 

10 youth’’; 

11 (3) in section 3113(b)(7) (20 U.S.C. 

12 6823(b)(7)), by striking ‘‘children and youth’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi14 grants from Puerto Rico’’; and 

15 (4) in section 3115 (20 U.S.C. 6825)— 

16 (A) in the subsection heading of subsection 

17 (e), by inserting ‘‘AND MIGRANTS FROM PUER18 TO RICO’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘immigrant children and 

20 youth’’ each place the term appears and insert21 ing ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi22 grants from Puerto Rico’’. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

24 this section shall take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal 

25 year the begins on or after the date of enactment of this 


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1 Act, except that if the application of such amendments 

2 would result in a State receiving an allotment under title 

3 III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) for such first fiscal year 

5 that is less than the allotment such State received under 

6 such title for the fiscal year preceding such first fiscal 

7 year, such amendments shall take effect on October 1 of 

8 the second fiscal year that begins on or after the date of 

9 enactment of this Act. 

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