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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1641 

Celebrating September 30, 2010, as the 60th Anniversary of Impact Aid. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 

Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. TERRY, 

Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. POMEROY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. EDWARDS

of Texas, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. SCOTT

of Virginia, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. 

ETHERIDGE, Mr. REYES, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mr. KIRK, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURGESS, 

Mr. CARTER, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. 

POLIS of Colorado, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, 

and Mr. LUJA ́N) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Celebrating September 30, 2010, as the 60th Anniversary 

of Impact Aid. 

Whereas September 30, 2010, marks the 60th 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; 


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Whereas Impact Aid is designed to reimburse local educational agencies for the loss of traditional revenue due 

to the presence of tax-exempt property or Federal activity; 

Whereas Impact Aid payments are allocated directly to local 

educational agencies in lieu of lost local tax dollars to assist with the basic educational needs of the students and 

schools; 

Whereas nearly 1,000,000 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 payments in 2010; 

Whereas in 1951, 1,183 local educational agencies were eligible for a total Impact Aid payment of $29,080,788, and 

in 2010, 1,484 local educational agencies enrolling over 

11,000,000 students will receive $1,276,183,000; 

Whereas the original 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 show its support for Impact Aid by reauthorizing the program 15 times during 

the period between 1950 and 2001; 

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 today is no different than it was 60 

years ago: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes and celebrates the 60th 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’’; 

7 (2) recognizes the importance of the Impact Aid 

8 program (which is currently in title VIII of the Ele9 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)) in ensuring that federally con11 nected children (including children of members of 

12 the Armed Forces, children residing on Indian lands, 

13 children in low-rent public housing, and children of 

14 civilians working or living on Federal land) receive 

15 a high-quality public education; and 

16 (3) recommends that federally connected 

17 schools and the communities they serve recognize 

18 Impact Aid Recognition Day and carry out appro19 priate activities centered on the Federal Govern20 ment’s obligation to federally connected children and 

21 the need for continuing funding. 

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