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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1674 

To provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction of public 

elementary schools and secondary schools, to establish a school infrastructure bond program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2017 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. 

WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. HIRONO, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Finance 

A BILL 

To provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction 

of public elementary schools and secondary schools, to 

establish a school infrastructure bond program, 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 ‘‘School Building Im5 provement Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘elemen2 tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘outlying 

3 areas’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational 

4 agency’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec5 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8101). 

7 (2) ASHRAE ENERGY STANDARD FOR BUILD8 INGS.—The term ‘‘ASHRAE Energy Standard for 

9 Buildings’’ means American Society of Heating, Re10 frigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Stand11 ard 90.1.–2016 or any successor standard. 

12 (3) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 

13 school’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

14 4310 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

15 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 722li). 

16 (4) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri17 teria’’ means the green building rating criteria devel18 oped by the Collaborative for High Performance 

19 Schools. 

20 (5) COVERED FUNDS.—The term ‘‘covered 

21 funds’’ means funds provided under title I or title II. 

22 (6) EARLY LEARNING FACILITY.—The term 

23 ‘‘early learning facility’’ means a public facility 

24 that— 


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1 (A) serves children who are not yet in kin2 dergarten; and 

3 (B) is under the jurisdiction of a local edu4 cational agency. 

5 (7) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 

6 means the Energy Star program of the Department 

7 of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agen8 cy. 

9 (8) FACILITY CONDITION INDEX.—The term 

10 ‘‘facility condition index’’ means, as of the date of 

11 the calculation, the cost of maintenance, repairs, and 

12 replacement deficiencies of a facility, divided by the 

13 estimated replacement value of the facility. 

14 (9) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN15 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

16 means a local educational agency that— 

17 (A) serves a high percentage of high-need 

18 schools; and 

19 (B) is among the local educational agencies 

20 in a State with the highest number or propor21 tion of children who are counted under section 

22 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu23 cation Act of 1965, in comparison to other local 

24 educational agencies in the State. 


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1 (10) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high2 need school’’ means— 

3 (A) an elementary school or middle school 

4 in which not less than 50 percent of the en5 rolled students are children from low-income 

6 families; or 

7 (B) a high school in which not less than 40 

8 percent of the enrolled students are children 

9 from low-income families, which may be cal10 culated using comparable data from the schools 

11 that feed into the high school. 

12 (11) LEED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYS13 TEM.—The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 

14 System’’ means the United States Green Building 

15 Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 

16 Design green building rating system. 

17 (12) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low-in18 come family’’ means a family— 

19 (A) in which the children are eligible for a 

20 free or reduced-price lunch under the Richard 

21 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 

23 (B) receiving assistance under the program 

24 of block grants to States for temporary assist25 ance for needy families established under part 


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1 A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or 

3 (C) in which the children are eligible to re4 ceive medical assistance under the Medicaid 

5 program under title XIX of the Social Security 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). 

7 (13) PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITY.—The term 

8 ‘‘public school facility’’ means a public elementary 

9 school or secondary school facility, including a public 

10 charter school facility or an existing facility planned 

11 for adaptive reuse as a public charter school facility. 

12 (14) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 

13 The term ‘‘rural local educational agency’’ means a 

14 local educational agency that meets the eligibility re15 quirements under— 

16 (A) section 5211(b) of the Elementary and 

17 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 7345(b)) for participation in the program de19 scribed in subpart 1 of part B of title V of such 

20 Act; or 

21 (B) section 5221(b) of the Elementary and 

22 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 7351(b)) for participation in the program de24 scribed in subpart 2 of part B of title V of such 

25 Act. 


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1 (15) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

2 means the Secretary of Education. 

3 (16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

4 the several States of the United States, the District 

5 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

6 TITLE I—GRANTS FOR SCHOOL 

7 REPAIR, RENOVATION, AND 

8 CONSTRUCTION 

9 SEC. 101. GRANTS FOR SCHOOL REPAIR, RENOVATION, AND 

10 CONSTRUCTION. 

11 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

12 (1) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appro13 priated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year, the 

14 Secretary shall reserve 1 percent to provide assist15 ance to the outlying areas and for payments to the 

16 Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to 

17 schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education. 

18 Funds allocated under this paragraph shall be re19 served by the Secretary for distribution among the 

20 outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior on 

21 the basis of their relative need for public elementary 

22 school and secondary school repair, renovation, and 

23 construction, as determined by the Secretary. 

24 (2) STATE ALLOTMENT.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara2 graphs (B) and (C), from the funds made avail3 able under subsection (i) that remain after car4 rying out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 

5 Secretary shall allot to each State educational 

6 agency serving a State an amount that bears 

7 the same relation to such remainder as the 

8 amount the State received under subpart 2 of 

9 part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec10 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 

11 et seq.) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 

12 year for which the determination is made bears 

13 to the amount all States received under such 

14 subpart for such preceding fiscal year. 

15 (B) STATE MINIMUM.—No State receiving 

16 an allotment under this paragraph shall receive 

17 less than one-half of 1 percent of the total 

18 amount allotted under this paragraph. 

19 (C) PUERTO RICO.—The amount allotted 

20 under this paragraph to the Commonwealth of 

21 Puerto Rico for a fiscal year may not exceed 

22 one-half of 1 percent of the total amount allot23 ted under this paragraph. 

24 (b) WITHIN-STATE DISTRIBUTIONS.— 

25 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER COSTS.— 


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1 (A) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ADMIN2 ISTRATION AND OTHER COSTS.—Except as pro3 vided in subparagraph (D), each State edu4 cational agency may reserve not more than 1 

5 percent of the State educational agency’s allot6 ment under subsection (a) for the purposes of 

7 administering the distribution of grants under 

8 this subsection and awarding grants under sub9 paragraph (C)(v). 

10 (B) REQUIRED USES.—The State edu11 cational agency shall use a portion of the funds 

12 reserved under subparagraph (A)— 

13 (i) to provide technical assistance to 

14 local educational agencies; and 

15 (ii) to establish or support a State16 level database of public school facility in17 ventory, condition, design, and utilization, 

18 in accordance with section 304. 

19 (C) PERMISSIBLE USES.—The State edu20 cational agency may use a portion of the funds 

21 reserved under subparagraph (A) for— 

22 (i) developing a statewide public 

23 school facility master plan; 


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1 (ii) developing policies, procedures, 

2 and standards for high-quality, energy effi3 cient public school facilities; 

4 (iii) supporting interagency collabora5 tion that will lead to broad community use 

6 of public school facilities, and school-based 

7 services for students served by high-need 

8 local educational agencies or rural local 

9 educational agencies; 

10 (iv) helping to defray the cost of 

11 issuing State bonds to finance public ele12 mentary school and secondary school re13 pair, renovation, and construction; and 

14 (v) awarding grants to State-operated 

15 or State-supported schools, such as a State 

16 school for the deaf or for the blind, to en17 able such schools to carry out school re18 pair, renovation, and construction activities 

19 in accordance with subsection (c). 

20 (D) STATE ENTITY ADMINISTRATION AND

21 OTHER COSTS.—If the State educational agency 

22 transfers funds to a State entity described in 

23 paragraph (2)(A), the State educational agency 

24 shall transfer to such State entity not less than 

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1 paragraph (A) for the purpose of carrying out 

2 the activities described in subparagraph (C). 

3 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF COMPETITIVE SCHOOL

4 REPAIR, RENOVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION GRANTS

5 TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to 

7 a State educational agency under subsection (a) 

8 that are not reserved under paragraph (1), the 

9 State educational agency shall distribute 100 

10 percent of such funds to local educational agen11 cies or, if the State educational agency is not 

12 responsible for the financing of public school fa13 cilities, the State educational agency shall 

14 transfer such funds to the State entity respon15 sible for the financing of public school facilities 

16 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘State enti17 ty’’) for distribution by such State entity to 

18 local educational agencies in accordance with 

19 this paragraph, to be used, consistent with sub20 section (c), for public elementary school or sec21 ondary school repair, renovation, and construc22 tion. 

23 (B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL EDU24 CATIONAL AGENCIES.—The State educational 

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1 gram to award grants, on a competitive basis, 

2 to local educational agencies for public elemen3 tary school or secondary school repair, renova4 tion, and construction. Of the total amount 

5 available for distribution to local educational 

6 agencies under this paragraph, the State edu7 cational agency or State entity, shall, in car8 rying out the grant competition— 

9 (i) award to high-need local edu10 cational agencies, in the aggregate, not less 

11 than an amount which bears the same re12 lationship to such total amount as the ag13 gregate amount such high-need local edu14 cational agencies received under part A of 

15 title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 

17 seq.) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 

18 year for which the determination is made 

19 bears to the aggregate amount received for 

20 such preceding fiscal year under such part 

21 by all local educational agencies in the 

22 State; 

23 (ii) award to rural local educational 

24 agencies in the State, in the aggregate, not 

25 less than an amount which bears the same 


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1 relationship to such total amount as the 

2 aggregate amount such rural local edu3 cational agencies received under part A of 

4 title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

5 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 

6 seq.) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 

7 year for which the determination is made 

8 bears to the aggregate amount received for 

9 such preceding fiscal year under such part 

10 by all local educational agencies in the 

11 State; and 

12 (iii) award the remaining funds to 

13 local educational agencies in the State that 

14 did not receive a grant award under clause 

15 (i) or (ii), including to high-need local edu16 cational agencies and rural local edu17 cational agencies that did not receive a 

18 grant award under clause (i) or (ii). 

19 (C) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.— 

20 In awarding competitive grants under this para21 graph, a State educational agency or State enti22 ty shall take into account the following criteria: 

23 (i) PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN FROM

24 LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.—The percentage 

25 of children served by the local educational 


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1 agency who are between 5 to 17 years of 

2 age, inclusive, and who are from low-in3 come families. 

4 (ii) NEED FOR SCHOOL REPAIR, REN5 OVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION.—The need 

6 of a local educational agency for public 

7 school facility repair, renovation, and con8 struction, as demonstrated by a facility 

9 condition index or the local educational 

10 agency’s need for new public school facili11 ties based on enrollment or anticipated en12 rollment. 

13 (iii) GREEN SCHOOLS.—The extent to 

14 which a local educational agency will make 

15 use, in the repair, renovation, or construc16 tion to be undertaken, of green practices 

17 that are certified, verified, or consistent 

18 with any applicable provisions of— 

19 (I) the LEED Green Building 

20 Rating System; 

21 (II) Energy Star; 

22 (III) the CHPS Criteria; 

23 (IV) the ASHRAE Energy Stan24 dard for Buildings; or 


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1 (V) an equivalent program adopt2 ed by the State or another jurisdiction 

3 with authority over the local edu4 cational agency. 

5 (iv) FISCAL CAPACITY.—The fiscal ca6 pacity of a local educational agency to 

7 meet the needs of the local educational 

8 agency for repair, renovation, and con9 struction of public school facilities without 

10 assistance under this section, including the 

11 ability of the local educational agency to 

12 raise funds through the use of local bond13 ing capacity and otherwise. 

14 (v) ASSURANCE OF MAINTAINING THE

15 FACILITY.—The ability of a local edu16 cational agency to provide an assurance 

17 that the local educational agency will main18 tain, in good condition, any public school 

19 facility whose repair, renovation, or con20 struction is assisted under this section. 

21 (vi) CHARTER SCHOOL EQUITABLE

22 ACCESS TO FUNDING.—In the case of a 

23 local educational agency that proposes to 

24 fund a repair, renovation, or construction 


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1 project for a public charter school, the ex2 tent to which— 

3 (I) the public charter school lacks 

4 access to funding for school repair, 

5 renovation, and construction through 

6 the financing methods available to 

7 other public schools or local edu8 cational agencies in the State; and 

9 (II) the charter school operator 

10 owns or has care and control of the 

11 facility that is to be repaired, ren12 ovated, or constructed. 

13 (D) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—A State educational 

15 agency or State entity shall require local 

16 educational agencies to match funds 

17 awarded under this paragraph. 

18 (ii) MATCH AMOUNT.—A State edu19 cational agency may establish a sliding 

20 scale for determining the match described 

21 in clause (i), taking into account the rel22 ative poverty of the population served by 

23 the local educational agency. 

24 (c) RULES APPLICABLE TO SCHOOL REPAIR, REN25 OVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION.—With respect to funds 


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1 made available under this section that are used for school 

2 repair, renovation, and construction, the following rules 

3 shall apply: 

4 (1) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—School re5 pair, renovation, and construction shall be limited to 

6 one or more of the following: 

7 (A) Upgrades, repair, construction, or re8 placement of public elementary schools or sec9 ondary schools, or their building systems or 

10 components, in order to improve the quality of 

11 education and ensure the health and safety of 

12 students and staff, including— 

13 (i) repairing, replacing, or con14 structing early learning facilities at public 

15 elementary schools (including renovation of 

16 existing facilities to serve children under 5 

17 years of age); 

18 (ii) repairing, replacing, or con19 structing school library facilities; 

20 (iii) modernizing or upgrading school 

21 classroom facilities, including laboratories; 

22 (iv) repairing, replacing, or installing 

23 roofs, windows, doors, electrical wiring, 

24 plumbing systems, or sewage systems; 


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1 (v) installing classroom furniture or 

2 fixtures with at least a 10-year life cycle; 

3 (vi) repairing, replacing, or installing 

4 heating, ventilation, or air conditioning 

5 systems (including insulation); and 

6 (vii) bringing such public schools into 

7 compliance with fire and safety codes. 

8 (B) Public school facility modifications 

9 necessary to render public school facilities ac10 cessible in order to comply with the Americans 

11 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 

12 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation 

13 Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 

14 (C) Improvements to the environmental 

15 conditions of public elementary school or sec16 ondary school sites, including— 

17 (i) asbestos abatement or removal; 

18 (ii) the reduction or elimination of 

19 human exposure to lead-based paint, lead20 contaminated drinking water, mercury, 

21 radon, polychlorinated biphenyls, or other 

22 toxic substances; 

23 (iii) the reduction or elimination of 

24 mold, mildew, pests, and rodents; and 

25 (iv) air quality improvement. 


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1 (D) Measures designed to reduce or elimi2 nate human exposure to classroom noise and 

3 environmental noise pollution. 

4 (E) Modifications necessary to reduce the 

5 consumption of electricity, natural gas, oil, 

6 water, coal, or land. 

7 (F) Upgrades or installations of edu8 cational technology infrastructure to ensure 

9 that students have access to up-to-date edu10 cational technology. 

11 (G) Measures that will broaden or improve 

12 the use of public elementary school or sec13 ondary school buildings and grounds by the 

14 community in order to improve educational out15 comes. 

16 (2) IMPERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—No 

17 funds received under this section may be used for— 

18 (A) payment of maintenance costs in con19 nection with any projects constructed in whole 

20 or part with Federal funds provided under this 

21 section; 

22 (B) purchase or upgrade of vehicles; 

23 (C) improvement or construction of any 

24 stand-alone facility whose purpose is not the 

25 education of children, including central office 


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1 administration or operations or logistical sup2 port facilities; 

3 (D) purchase of information technology 

4 hardware, including computers, monitors, print5 ers, or other devices; or 

6 (E) stadiums or other facilities primarily 

7 used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other 

8 events for which admission is charged to the 

9 general public. 

10 (3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A local 

11 educational agency or State-operated or State-sup12 ported school shall use Federal funds subject to this 

13 subsection only to supplement the amount of funds 

14 that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be 

15 made available from non-Federal sources for school 

16 repair, renovation, and construction. 

17 (d) QUALIFIED BIDDERS; COMPETITION.—Each local 

18 educational agency that receives funds under subsection 

19 (b)(2) shall ensure that, if the local educational agency 

20 carries out repair, renovation, or construction through a 

21 contract, any such contract process ensures the maximum 

22 number of qualified bidders, including small, minority, and 

23 women-owned businesses, through full and open competi24 tion. 


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1 (e) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Each local educational agen2 cy receiving funds under subsection (b)(2) shall— 

3 (1) provide an opportunity for public comment, 

4 and ensure that parents, educators, and all other in5 terested members of the community in which the 

6 school to be assisted is located, have the opportunity 

7 to consult on the use of the funds received under 

8 such subsection; 

9 (2) provide the public with adequate and effi10 cient notice of the opportunity described in para11 graph (1) in a widely read and distributed medium; 

12 and 

13 (3) provide the opportunity described in para14 graph (1) in accordance with any applicable State 

15 and local law specifying how the comments may be 

16 received and how the comments may be reviewed by 

17 any member of the public. 

18 (f) REPORTING.— 

19 (1) LOCAL REPORTING.—Each local educational 

20 agency that receives funds under subsection (b)(2) 

21 for a fiscal year shall, for each fiscal year— 

22 (A) compile the information described in 

23 subsection (g)(2)(B) with respect to the local 

24 educational agency for the preceding fiscal year; 


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1 (B) make the compiled information avail2 able to the public, including by posting the in3 formation on a publicly accessible website of the 

4 local educational agency; and 

5 (C) prepare and submit to the State edu6 cational agency an annual report that in7 cludes— 

8 (i) the compiled information described 

9 in subparagraph (A); 

10 (ii) a description of how the local edu11 cational agency used funds received under 

12 subsection (b)(2) for public elementary 

13 school and secondary school repair, renova14 tion, and construction; and 

15 (iii) any other information the State 

16 educational agency may require. 

17 (2) STATE REPORTING.—Each State edu18 cational agency that receives a grant under sub19 section (a) for a fiscal year shall, for each such fiscal 

20 year— 

21 (A) compile the information received from 

22 the reports described in paragraph (1)(C), and 

23 the information described in subsection 

24 (g)(2)(B) with respect to any State-operated or 

25 State-sponsored school receiving funds under 


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1 subsection (b)(1)(C)(v), for the preceding fiscal 

2 year; 

3 (B) make the compiled information avail4 able to the public, including by posting the in5 formation on a publicly accessible website of the 

6 State educational agency; 

7 (C) regularly distribute the compiled infor8 mation to local educational agencies and tribal 

9 governments in the State; and 

10 (D) prepare and submit to the Secretary 

11 an annual report that includes— 

12 (i) the compiled information described 

13 in subparagraph (A); and 

14 (ii) a description of how funds re15 ceived under this section were made avail16 able and used for public elementary school 

17 and secondary school repair, renovation, 

18 and construction. 

19 (g) ANNUAL REPORT ON GRANT PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 

21 30 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

23 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

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1 resentatives a report on the projects carried out with 

2 funds made available under this section. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 

4 (1) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year pre5 ceding the year in which the report is submitted, the 

6 following: 

7 (A) An identification of each local edu8 cational agency that received funds under sub9 section (b)(2). 

10 (B) With respect to each such agency, a 

11 description of— 

12 (i) the demographic composition of 

13 the student population served by the agen14 cy, disaggregated, by number and percent15 age, by— 

16 (I) race; 

17 (II) status as a student counted 

18 under section 1124(c) of the Elemen19 tary and Secondary Education Act of 

20 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 

21 (III) eligibility for a free or re22 duced price lunch under the Richard 

23 B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 


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1 (ii) the population density of the geo2 graphic area served by the agency; 

3 (iii) the projects for which the agency 

4 used the grant received under this section; 

5 (iv) the demonstrable or expected ben6 efits of the projects; and 

7 (v) the estimated number of jobs cre8 ated by the projects. 

9 (C) The total dollar amount of all grants 

10 received by local educational agencies under this 

11 section. 

12 (h) REALLOCATION.—If a State educational agency 

13 does not apply for an allocation of funds under subsection 

14 (a) for a fiscal year, or does not use the State educational 

15 agency’s entire allocation for such fiscal year, then the 

16 Secretary may reallocate the amount of the State edu17 cational agency’s allocation (or the remainder thereof, as 

18 the case may be) for such fiscal year to the remaining 

19 State educational agencies in accordance with such sub20 section. 

21 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

23 $7,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

24 2027. 


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1 TITLE II—SCHOOL 

2 INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS 

3 SEC. 201. SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart J of part IV of sub5 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

6 1986 is amended by adding after section 54AA the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 54BB. SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a taxpayer holds a school in10 frastructure bond on one or more interest payment dates 

11 of the bond during any taxable year, there shall be allowed 

12 as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for 

13 the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of the credits 

14 determined under subsection (b) with respect to such 

15 dates. 

16 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF CREDIT.—The amount of the credit 

17 determined under this subsection with respect to any in18 terest payment date for a school infrastructure bond is 

19 100 percent of the amount of interest payable by the 

20 issuer with respect to such date. 

21 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION BASED ON AMOUNT OF TAX.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The credit allowed under 

23 subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed 

24 the excess of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the sum of the regular tax liability 

2 (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax im3 posed by section 55, over 

4 ‘‘(B) the sum of the credits allowable 

5 under this part (other than subpart C and this 

6 subpart). 

7 ‘‘(2) CARRYOVER OF UNUSED CREDIT.—If the 

8 credit allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the 

9 limitation imposed by paragraph (1) for such taxable 

10 year, such excess shall be carried to the succeeding 

11 taxable year and added to the credit allowable under 

12 subsection (a) for such taxable year (determined be13 fore the application of paragraph (1) for such suc14 ceeding taxable year). 

15 ‘‘(d) SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE BOND.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec17 tion, the term ‘school infrastructure bond’ means 

18 any bond issued as part of an issue if— 

19 ‘‘(A) 100 percent of the available project 

20 proceeds of such issue are to be used for the 

21 purposes described in section 101(c)(1) of the 

22 School Building Improvement Act of 2017, 

23 ‘‘(B) the interest on such obligation would 

24 (but for this section) be excludable from gross 

25 income under section 103, 


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1 ‘‘(C) the issue meets the requirements of 

2 paragraph (3), and 

3 ‘‘(D) the issuer designates such bond for 

4 purposes of this section. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE RULES.—For purposes of ap6 plying paragraph (1)— 

7 ‘‘(A) for purposes of section 149(b), a 

8 school infrastructure bond shall not be treated 

9 as federally guaranteed by reason of the credit 

10 allowed under subsection (a) or section 6431, 

11 ‘‘(B) for purposes of section 148, the yield 

12 on a school infrastructure bond shall be deter13 mined without regard to the credit allowed 

14 under subsection (a), and 

15 ‘‘(C) a bond shall not be treated as a 

16 school infrastructure bond if the issue price has 

17 more than a de minimis amount (determined 

18 under rules similar to the rules of section 

19 1273(a)(3)) of premium over the stated prin20 cipal amount of the bond. 

21 ‘‘(3) 6-YEAR EXPENDITURE PERIOD.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An issue shall be 

23 treated as meeting the requirements of this 

24 paragraph if, as of the date of issuance, the 

25 issuer reasonably expects 100 percent of the 


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1 available project proceeds to be spent for pur2 poses described in section 101(c)(1) of the 

3 School Building Improvement Act of 2017 with4 in the 6-year period beginning on such date of 

5 issuance. 

6 ‘‘(B) FAILURE TO SPEND REQUIRED

7 AMOUNT OF BOND PROCEEDS WITHIN 6

8 YEARS.—To the extent that less than 100 per9 cent of the available project proceeds of the 

10 issue are expended at the close of the period de11 scribed in subparagraph (A) with respect to 

12 such issue, the issuer shall redeem all of the 

13 nonqualified bonds within 90 days after the end 

14 of such period. For purposes of this paragraph, 

15 the amount of the nonqualified bonds required 

16 to be redeemed shall be determined in the same 

17 manner as under section 142. 

18 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF BONDS DES19 IGNATED.—The maximum aggregate face amount of 

20 bonds issued during any calendar year which may be des21 ignated under subsection (d) by any issuer shall not exceed 

22 the limitation amount allocated under subsection (g) for 

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1 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF BONDS

2 DESIGNATED.—The national qualified school construction 

3 bond limitation for each calendar year is— 

4 ‘‘(1) $10,000,000,000 for 2018, 

5 ‘‘(2) $10,000,000,000 for 2019, and 

6 ‘‘(3) $10,000,000,000 for 2020. 

7 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF LIMITATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—Except as 

9 otherwise provided in this subsection, the limitation 

10 applicable under subsection (f) for any calendar year 

11 shall be allocated by the Secretary among the States 

12 in proportion to the respective amounts received by 

13 each State under part A of title I of the Elementary 

14 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

15 6311 et seq.) for the fiscal year ending in the pre16 ceding calendar year relative to the total such 

17 amount received by all States for such fiscal year. 

18 The limitation amount allocated to a State under the 

19 preceding sentence shall be allocated by the State 

20 education agency (or such other agency as is author21 ized under State law to make such allocation) to 

22 issuers within such State in accordance with the cri23 teria described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sec24 tion 101(b)(2) of the School Building Improvement 


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1 Act of 2017 (as in effect on the date of the enact2 ment of this section). 

3 ‘‘(2) STATE MINIMUM.—No State receiving an 

4 allocation under paragraph (1) for a calendar year 

shall receive less than 1 5 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the total 

6 amount so allocated for such calendar year. 

7 ‘‘(3) PUERTO RICO.—The amount allocated 

8 under paragraph (1) to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for any calendar year shall not exceed 1 9 ⁄2 of 

10 1 percent of the total amount so allocated for such 

11 calendar year. 

12 ‘‘(4) ALLOCATIONS TO CERTAIN POSSES13 SIONS.—From the limitation under subsection (f) for 

any calendar year, the Secretary shall reserve 1 14 ⁄2 of 

15 1 percent to be allocated to possessions of the 

16 United States other than Puerto Rico for such cal17 endar year, and no allocation shall be made to such 

18 possessions under paragraph (1). The amount to be 

19 allocated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall be 

20 reduced by the aggregate amount allocated under 

21 this paragraph and paragraph (5). 

22 ‘‘(5) ALLOCATIONS FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS.— 

23 From the limitation under subsection (f) for any calendar year, the Secretary shall reserve 1 24 ⁄2 of 1 per25 cent to be allocated to the Secretary of the Interior 


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1 for schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu2 cation for such calendar year, and no allocation shall 

3 be made with respect to such schools under para4 graph (1). 

5 ‘‘(h) INTEREST PAYMENT DATE.—For purposes of 

6 this section, the term ‘interest payment date’ means any 

7 date on which the holder of record of the school infrastruc8 ture bond is entitled to a payment of interest under such 

9 bond. 

10 ‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) INTEREST ON SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE

12 BONDS INCLUDIBLE IN GROSS INCOME FOR FED13 ERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.—For purposes of this 

14 title, interest on any school infrastructure bond shall 

15 be includible in gross income. 

16 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES.—Rules 

17 similar to the rules of subsections (f), (g), (h), and 

18 (i) of section 54A shall apply for purposes of the 

19 credit allowed under subsection (a). 

20 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LABOR STAND21 ARDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 a school infrastructure bond shall be treated as a 

23 qualified school construction bond for purposes of 

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1 covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 

2 111–5; 26 U.S.C. 54C note.).’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) The table of subparts for part IV of sub5 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 

6 of 1986 is amended by amending the item related to 

7 subpart J to read as follows: 

‘‘SUBPART J—CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS’’. 

8 (2) The table of sections for subpart J of part 

9 IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following new 

11 item: 

‘‘Sec. 54BB. School infrastructure bonds.’’. 

12 (c) TRANSITIONAL COORDINATION WITH STATE

13 LAW.—Except as otherwise provided by a State after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the interest on any 

15 school infrastructure bond (as defined in section 54BB of 

16 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this sec17 tion) and the amount of any credit determined under such 

18 section with respect to such bond shall be treated for pur19 poses of the income tax laws of such State as being exempt 

20 from Federal income tax. 

21 (d) CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED BONDS ALLOWED TO

22 ISSUER.—Paragraph (3) of section 6431(f) of the Internal 

23 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘any 


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1 school infrastructure bond (as defined in section 54BB) 

2 or’’ before ‘‘any qualified tax credit bond’’. 

3 (e) SEQUESTRATION.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

4 255(g)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

5 Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding before ‘‘Postal 

6 Service Fund’’ the following: ‘‘Payments under section 

7 54BB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 

8 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall apply to obligations issued after Decem10 ber 31, 2017. 

11 SEC. 202. EXPANSION OF QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY 

12 BONDS. 

13 (a) CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL FACIL14 ITY.—Subparagraph (A) of section 54E(d)(3) of the Inter15 nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘reha16 bilitating or repairing’’ and inserting ‘‘constructing, reha17 bilitating, retrofitting, or repairing’’. 

18 (b) REMOVAL OF PRIVATE BUSINESS CONTRIBUTION

19 REQUIREMENT.—Section 54E of the Internal Revenue 

20 Code of 1986 is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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1 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

2 subparagraph (B); 

3 (2) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating 

4 subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), 

5 respectively; and 

6 (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) (as so re7 designated)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘and $400,000,0000’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘$400,000,000’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘and, except as provided’’ 

11 and all that follows through the period at the 

12 end and inserting ‘‘, and $1,400,000,000 for 

13 2018 and each year thereafter.’’. 

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

15 this section shall apply to obligations issued after Decem16 ber 31, 2017. 

17 SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT ON BOND PROGRAM. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30 of 

19 each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the 

21 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

22 the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

23 Workforce of the House of Representatives a report on 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

2 shall include, with respect to the fiscal year preceding the 

3 year in which the report is submitted, the following: 

4 (1) An identification of— 

5 (A) each local educational agency that re6 ceived funds from a school infrastructure bond; 

7 and 

8 (B) each local educational agency that was 

9 eligible to receive such funds— 

10 (i) but did not receive such funds; or 

11 (ii) received less than the maximum 

12 amount of funds for which the agency was 

13 eligible. 

14 (2) With respect to each local educational agen15 cy described in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) an assessment of the capacity of the 

17 agency to raise funds for the long-term im18 provement of public school facilities, as deter19 mined by an assessment of— 

20 (i) the current and historic ability of 

21 the agency to raise funds for construction, 

22 renovation, modernization, and major re23 pair projects for schools, including the abil24 ity of the agency to raise funds through 

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1 (ii) whether the agency has been able 

2 to issue bonds to fund construction 

3 projects, including such bonds as— 

4 (I) qualified school construction 

5 bonds under section 54F of the Inter6 nal Revenue Code of 1986; 

7 (II) qualified zone academy 

8 bonds under section 1397E of the In9 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and 

10 (III) school infrastructure bonds; 

11 and 

12 (iii) the bond rating of the agency; 

13 (B) the demographic composition of the 

14 student population served by the agency, 

15 disaggregated, by number and percentage, by— 

16 (i) race; 

17 (ii) status as a student counted under 

18 section 1124(c) of the Elementary and 

19 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 

21 (iii) eligibility for a free or reduced 

22 price lunch under the Richard B. Russell 

23 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (C) the population density of the geo2 graphic area served by the agency; 

3 (D) a description of the projects carried 

4 out with funds received from school infrastruc5 ture bonds; 

6 (E) a description of the demonstrable or 

7 expected benefits of the projects; and 

8 (F) the estimated number of jobs created 

9 by the projects. 

10 (3) The total dollar amount of all funds re11 ceived by local educational agencies from school in12 frastructure bonds. 

13 (4) Any other factors that the Secretary deter14 mines to be appropriate. 

15 (c) INFORMATION COLLECTION.—A State or local 

16 educational agency that receives funds from a school infra17 structure bond shall— 

18 (1) annually compile the information necessary 

19 for the Secretary to determine the elements de20 scribed in subsection (b); and 

21 (2) report the information to the Secretary at 

22 such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 

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1 TITLE III—GENERAL 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 301. USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC4 TURED PRODUCTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency that 

6 receives covered funds shall ensure that any iron, steel, 

7 and manufactured products used in projects carried out 

8 with such funds are produced in the United States. 

9 (b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may waive 

11 the requirement of subsection (a) if the Secretary 

12 determines that— 

13 (A) applying subsection (a) would be in14 consistent with the public interest; 

15 (B) iron, steel, and manufactured products 

16 produced in the United States are not produced 

17 in a sufficient and reasonably available amount 

18 or are not of a satisfactory quality; or 

19 (C) using iron, steel, and manufactured 

20 products produced in the United States will in21 crease the cost of the overall project by more 

22 than 25 percent. 

23 (2) PUBLICATION.—Before issuing a waiver 

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1 the Federal Register a detailed written explanation 

2 of the waiver determination. 

3 (c) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREE4 MENTS.—This section shall be applied in a manner con5 sistent with the obligations of the United States under 

6 international agreements. 

7 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘produced in 

10 the United States’’ means the following: 

11 (i) When used with respect to a man12 ufactured product, the product was manu13 factured in the United States and the cost 

14 of the components of such product that 

15 were mined, produced, or manufactured in 

16 the United States exceeds 60 percent of 

17 the total cost of all components of the 

18 product. 

19 (ii) When used with respect to iron or 

20 steel products, or an individual component 

21 of a manufactured product, all manufac22 turing processes for such iron or steel 

23 products or components, from the initial 

24 melting stage through the application of 

25 coatings, occurred in the United States. 


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1 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘produced in 

2 the United States’’ does not include the fol3 lowing: 

4 (i) Steel or iron material or products 

5 manufactured abroad from semi-finished 

6 steel or iron from the United States. 

7 (ii) Iron material or products manu8 factured in the United States from semi9 finished steel or iron of foreign origin. 

10 (2) MANUFACTURED PRODUCT.—The term 

11 ‘‘manufactured product’’ means any construction 

12 material or end product (as such terms are defined 

13 in part 25.003 of the Federal Acquisition Regula14 tion) that is not an iron or steel product, includ15 ing— 

16 (A) electrical components; and 

17 (B) nonferrous building materials, includ18 ing aluminum and polyvinylchloride (PVC), 

19 glass, fiber optics, plastic, wood, masonry, rub20 ber, manufactured stone, any other nonferrous 

21 metal, and any unmanufactured construction 

22 material. 

23 SEC. 302. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

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1 of the United States shall prepare and submit to the Com2 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

3 Senate and the Committee on Education and the Work4 force of the House of Representatives a report on the 

5 projects carried out with covered funds. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

7 shall include an assessment of— 

8 (1) the types of projects carried out with cov9 ered funds; 

10 (2) the geographic distribution of the projects; 

11 (3) an assessment of the impact of the projects 

12 on the health and safety of school staff and stu13 dents; and 

14 (4) how the Secretary or States could make 

15 covered funds more accessible— 

16 (A) to public elementary or secondary 

17 schools with the highest numbers and percent18 ages of students counted under section 1124(c) 

19 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 

21 (B) to public elementary or secondary 

22 schools with fiscal challenges in raising capital 

23 for school infrastructure projects. 

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1 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 

2 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 

3 of Representatives— 

4 (1) on a date that is between 5 and 6 years 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act; and 

6 (2) on a date that is between 10 and 11 years 

7 after such date of enactment. 

8 SEC. 303. STUDIES AND REPORTS ON THE PHYSICAL CON9 DITION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

10 (a) STUDIES AND REPORTS.—Not less frequently 

11 than once in each 5-year period beginning after the date 

12 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through 

13 the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, 

14 shall— 

15 (1) carry out a comprehensive study of the 

16 physical conditions of public elementary schools and 

17 secondary schools in the United States, including 

18 such schools that received covered funds and such 

19 schools that did not receive covered funds; and 

20 (2) prepare and submit a report to the Com21 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

22 of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 

23 the Workforce of the House of Representatives that 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each study and report under sub2 section (a) shall include an assessment of— 

3 (1) the effect of public school facility conditions 

4 on student and staff health and safety; 

5 (2) the effect of public school facility conditions 

6 on student academic outcomes; 

7 (3) the condition of public school facilities, set 

8 forth separately by geographic region; 

9 (4) the condition of public school facilities for 

10 economically disadvantaged students as well as stu11 dents from major racial and ethnic subgroups; and 

12 (5) the accessibility of public school facilities for 

13 students, and staff, with disabilities. 

14 SEC. 304. DEVELOPMENT OF DATA STANDARDS. 

15 (a) DATA STANDARDS.—Not later than 120 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 

17 consultation with the officials described in subsection (b), 

18 shall— 

19 (1) identify the data that States should collect 

20 and include in the databases developed under section 

21 101(b)(1)(B)(ii); 

22 (2) develop standards for the measurement of 

23 such data; and 

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1 (b) OFFICIALS.—The officials described in this sub2 section are— 

3 (1) the Administrator of the Environmental 

4 Protection Agency; 

5 (2) the Secretary of Energy; 

6 (3) the Director of the Centers for Disease 

7 Control and Prevention; and 

8 (4) the Director of the National Institute for 

9 Occupational Safety and Health. 

10 SEC. 305. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

13 a clearinghouse to disseminate information on Federal 

14 programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to 

15 assist public elementary schools and secondary schools in 

16 initiating, developing, and financing— 

17 (1) energy efficiency projects; 

18 (2) distributed generation projects; and 

19 (3) energy retrofitting projects. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 

21 Secretary shall— 

22 (1) consult with the officials described in sec23 tion 304(b) to develop a list of Federal programs 

24 and financing mechanisms to be included in the 

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1 (2) coordinate with such officials to develop a 

2 collaborative education and outreach effort to 

3 streamline communications and promote the Federal 

4 programs and financing mechanisms included in the 

5 clearinghouse, which may include the development 

6 and maintenance of a single online resource that in7 cludes contact information for relevant technical as8 sistance that may be used by States, local edu9 cational agencies, and schools to effectively access 

10 and use such Federal programs and financing mech11 anisms. 

12 TITLE IV—IMPACT AID 

13 CONSTRUCTION 

14 SEC. 401. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR IMPACT 

15 AID CONSTRUCTION. 

16 Section 7014(d) of the Elementary and Secondary 

17 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7714(d)) is amended 

18 to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—For the purpose of carrying 

20 out section 7007, there are authorized to be appro21 priated— 

22 ‘‘(1) $17,406,000 for fiscal year 2017; 

23 ‘‘(2) $50,406,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

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1 ‘‘(3) $52,756,765 for fiscal year 2020.’’. 

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