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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1140 

Recognizing and celebrating the 70th anniversary of Impact Aid on September 

30, 2020. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 

Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself and Mr. LEVIN of California) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing and celebrating the 70th anniversary of Impact 

Aid on September 30, 2020. 

Whereas September 30, 2020, marks the 70th anniversary of 

the date on which President Harry S Truman signed 

Public Law 81–874, which enacted the Impact Aid program into law; 

Whereas the Impact Aid program is considered by the community it serves as the ‘‘original’’ Federal elementary 

and secondary education program, and is administered by 

the Secretary of Education; 

Whereas Impact Aid reimburses local educational agencies for 

the loss of revenue and additional costs associated with 

the presence of tax-exempt Federal property; 


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Whereas Impact Aid payments are dispersed directly to local 

educational agencies, which allocate the resources based 

on local context and needs to provide a quality education 

to the students they serve; 

Whereas nearly 880,000 children of our men and women in 

uniform, children residing on Indian lands, children in 

low-rent public housing, and children of civilians working 

or living on Federal land are ‘‘federally connected children’’ who are served by local educational agencies that 

are eligible for Impact Aid Basic Support Payments in 

2020; 

Whereas there are 4,800,000 federally owned acres in local 

educational agencies that are eligible for Impact Aid Federal Property payments, with Federal land making up a 

quarter or more of the overall property in nearly onethird of these agencies; 

Whereas, in 2020, 1,159 local educational agencies enrolling 

over 10,000,000 students will receive $1,486,112,000; 

Whereas the Impact Aid statute (Public Law 81–874) was 

the vehicle used by Congress in 1965 to pass the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; 

Whereas Congress has continued to demonstrate its support 

for Impact Aid by reauthorizing the program 16 times 

during the period between 1950 and 2020; 

Whereas the House Impact Aid Coalition was established in 

1995 and the Senate Impact Aid Coalition was established in 1996 to formalize and energize the broad, bipartisan support for the Impact Aid program; and 

Whereas the Federal obligation upon which the Impact Aid 

program is based is today the same as it was 70 years 

ago: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes and celebrates the 70th anniver3 sary of the enactment of the Impact Aid program 

4 (Public Law 81–874), the original Federal elemen5 tary and secondary education program, as ‘‘Impact 

6 Aid Recognition Day’’; and 

7 (2) recognizes the importance of the Impact Aid 

8 program under title VIII of the Elementary and Sec9 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et 

10 seq.) in ensuring that all children educated in feder11 ally impacted local educational agencies receive a 

12 high-quality education and have access to the oppor13 tunities they need to reach their full potential. 

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