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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2948 

To provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings in public school districts, as well 

as community colleges, across America in order to support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in those schools, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TONKO, 

Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 

ELLISON, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and 

repair of elementary and secondary school buildings in 

public school districts, as well as community colleges, 

across America in order to support the achievement of 

improved educational outcomes in those schools, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fix America’s Schools 

3 Today (FAST) Act of 2011’’. 

4 TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND 

5 SECONDARY SCHOOLS 

6 SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this title to provide assistance for the 

8 modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and 

9 secondary school buildings in public school districts across 

10 America in order to support the achievement of improved 

11 educational outcomes in those schools. 

12 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 

14 are appropriated, $25,000,000,000 to carry out this title, 

15 which shall be available for obligation by the Secretary 

16 until September 30, 2012. 

17 SEC. 103. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

18 (a) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amount made available 

19 to carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve— 

20 (1) one-half of one percent for the Secretary of 

21 the Interior to carry out modernization, renovation, 

22 and repair activities described in section 106 in 

23 schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian 

24 Education; 


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1 (2) one-half of one percent to make grants to 

2 the outlying areas for modernization, renovation, 

3 and repair activities described in section 106; and 

4 (3) such funds as the Secretary determines are 

5 needed to conduct a survey, by the National Center 

6 for Education Statistics, of the school construction, 

7 modernization, renovation, and repair needs of the 

8 public schools of the United States. 

9 (b) STATE ALLOCATION.—After reserving funds 

10 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate the re11 maining amount made available to carry out this title 

12 among the States in proportion to their respective alloca13 tions under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec14 ondary Education Act of 1965 (in this title referred to 

15 as the ‘‘ESEA’’) (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for fiscal year 

16 2011, except that— 

17 (1) the Secretary shall allocate 40 percent of 

18 such remaining amount to the 100 local educational 

19 agencies with the largest numbers of children aged 

20 5–17 living in poverty, as determined using the most 

21 recent data available from the Department of Com22 merce that are satisfactory to the Secretary, in pro23 portion to those agencies’ respective allocations 

24 under part A of title I of the ESEA for fiscal year 

25 2011; and 


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1 (2) the allocation to any State shall be reduced 

2 by the aggregate amount of the allocations under 

3 paragraph (1) to local educational agencies in that 

4 State. 

5 (c) REMAINING ALLOCATION.— 

6 (1) STATES.—If a State does not apply for its 

7 allocation (or applies for less than the full allocation 

8 for which it is eligible) or does not use that alloca9 tion in a timely manner, the Secretary may— 

10 (A) reallocate all or a portion of that allo11 cation to the other States in accordance with 

12 subsection (b); or 

13 (B) use all or a portion of that allocation 

14 to make direct allocations to local educational 

15 agencies within the State based on their respec16 tive allocations under part A of title I of the 

17 ESEA for fiscal year 2011 or such other meth18 od as the Secretary may determine. 

19 (2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—If a local 

20 educational agency does not apply for its allocation 

21 under subsection (b)(1), applies for less than the full 

22 allocation for which it is eligible, or does not use 

23 that allocation in a timely manner, the Secretary 

24 may reallocate all or a portion of its allocation to the 

25 State in which that agency is located. 


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1 SEC. 104. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 

2 (a) RESERVATION.—Each State that receives a grant 

3 under this title may reserve not more than one percent 

4 of the State’s allocation under section 103(b) for the pur5 pose of administering the grant. 

6 (b) FUNDS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 

7 (1) FORMULA SUBGRANTS.—From the grant 

8 funds that are not reserved under subsection (a), a 

9 State shall allocate at least 50 percent to local edu10 cational agencies, including charter schools that are 

11 local educational agencies, that did not receive funds 

12 under section 103(b)(1) from the Secretary, in ac13 cordance with their respective allocations under part 

14 A of title I of the ESEA for fiscal year 2011, except 

15 that no such local educational agency shall receive 

16 less than $10,000. 

17 (2) ADDITIONAL SUBGRANTS.—The State shall 

18 use any funds remaining, after reserving funds 

19 under subsection (a) and allocating funds under 

20 paragraph (1), for subgrants to local educational 

21 agencies that did not receive funds under section 

22 103(b)(1), including charter schools that are local 

23 educational agencies, to support modernization, ren24 ovation, and repair projects that the State deter25 mines, using objective criteria, are most needed in 


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1 the State, with priority given to projects in rural 

2 local educational agencies. 

3 (c) REMAINING FUNDS.—If a local educational agen4 cy does not apply for an allocation under subsection 

5 (b)(1), applies for less than its full allocation, or fails to 

6 use that allocation in a timely manner, the State may re7 allocate any unused portion to other local educational 

8 agencies in accordance with subsection (b). 

9 SEC. 105. STATE AND LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 

10 (a) STATE APPLICATION.—A State that desires to re11 ceive a grant under this title shall submit an application 

12 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con13 taining such information and assurances as the Secretary 

14 may require, which shall include— 

15 (1) an identification of the State agency or enti16 ty that will administer the program; 

17 (2) the State’s process for determining how the 

18 grant funds will be distributed and administered, in19 cluding— 

20 (A) how the State will determine the cri21 teria and priorities in making subgrants under 

22 section 104(b)(2); 

23 (B) any additional criteria the State will 

24 use in determining which projects it will fund 

25 under that section; 


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1 (C) a description of how the State will con2 sider— 

3 (i) the needs of local educational 

4 agencies for assistance under this title; 

5 (ii) the impact of potential projects on 

6 job creation in the State; 

7 (iii) the fiscal capacity of local edu8 cational agencies applying for assistance; 

9 (iv) the percentage of children in 

10 those local educational agencies who are 

11 from low-income families; and 

12 (v) the potential for leveraging assist13 ance provided by this program through 

14 matching or other financing mechanisms; 

15 (D) a description of how the State will en16 sure that the local educational agencies receiv17 ing subgrants meet the requirements of this 

18 title; 

19 (E) a description of how the State will en20 sure that the State and its local educational 

21 agencies meet the deadlines established in sec22 tion 108; 

23 (F) a description of how the State will give 

24 priority to the use of green practices that are 


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1 certified, verified, or consistent with any appli2 cable provisions of— 

3 (i) the LEED Green Building Rating 

4 System; 

5 (ii) Energy Star; 

6 (iii) the CHPS Criteria; 

7 (iv) Green Globes; or 

8 (v) an equivalent program adopted by 

9 the State or another jurisdiction with au10 thority over the local educational agency; 

11 (G) a description of the steps that the 

12 State will take to ensure that local educational 

13 agencies receiving subgrants will adequately 

14 maintain any facilities that are modernized, 

15 renovated, or repaired with subgrant funds 

16 under this title; and 

17 (H) such additional information and assur18 ances as the Secretary may require. 

19 (b) LOCAL APPLICATION.—A local educational agen20 cy that is eligible under section 103(b)(1) that desires to 

21 receive a grant under this title shall submit an application 

22 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con23 taining such information and assurances as the Secretary 

24 may require, which shall include— 


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1 (1) a description of how the local educational 

2 agency will meet the deadlines and requirements of 

3 this title; 

4 (2) a description of the steps that the local edu5 cational agency will take to adequately maintain any 

6 facilities that are modernized, renovated, or repaired 

7 with funds under this title; and 

8 (3) such additional information and assurances 

9 as the Secretary may require. 

10 SEC. 106. USE OF FUNDS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds awarded to local edu12 cational agencies under this title shall be used only for 

13 either or both of the following modernization, renovation, 

14 or repair activities in facilities that are used for elemen15 tary or secondary education or for early learning pro16 grams: 

17 (1) Direct payments for school modernization, 

18 renovation, or repair. 

19 (2) To pay interest on bonds or payments for 

20 other financing instruments that are newly issued 

21 for the purpose of financing school modernization, 

22 renovation, or repair. 

23 (b) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

24 available under this title shall be used to supplement, and 

25 not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds that 


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1 would otherwise be expended to modernize, renovate, or 

2 repair eligible school facilities. 

3 (c) PROHIBITION.—Funds awarded to local edu4 cational agencies under this title may not be used for— 

5 (1) new construction; or 

6 (2) payment of routine maintenance costs. 

7 SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 

8 (a) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY FOR GRANTS.—Funds 

9 appropriated under section 102 shall be available for obli10 gation by local educational agencies receiving grants from 

11 the Secretary under section 103(b)(1), by States reserving 

12 funds under section 104(a), and by local educational agen13 cies receiving subgrants under section 104(b)(1) only dur14 ing the period that ends 24 months after the date of enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 (b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY FOR SUBGRANTS.— 

17 Funds appropriated under section 102 shall be available 

18 for obligation by local educational agencies receiving sub19 grants under section 104(b)(2) only during the period that 

20 ends 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 (c) GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT.—Sec22 tion 439 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

23 U.S.C. 1232b) shall apply to funds available under this 

24 title. 


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1 (d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—For purposes 

2 of section 103(b)(1), Hawaii, the District of Columbia, 

3 and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are not local edu4 cational agencies. 

5 TITLE II—COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

6 MODERNIZATION 

7 SEC. 201. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY COL8 LEGE MODERNIZATION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

10 (1) GRANT PROGRAM.—From the amounts 

11 made available under subsection (h), the Secretary 

12 shall award grants to States to modernize, renovate, 

13 or repair existing facilities at community colleges. 

14 (2) ALLOCATION.— 

15 (A) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amount made 

16 available to carry out this section, the Secretary 

17 shall reserve— 

18 (i) up to 0.25 percent for grants to in19 stitutions that are eligible under section 

20 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

21 (20 U.S.C. 1059c) to provide for mod22 ernization, renovation, and repair activities 

23 described in this section; and 

24 (ii) up to 0.25 percent for grants to 

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1 ernization, renovation, and repair activities 

2 described in this section. 

3 (B) ALLOCATION.—After reserving funds 

4 under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall al5 locate to each State that has an application ap6 proved by the Secretary an amount that bears 

7 the same relation to any remaining funds as the 

8 total number of students in such State who are 

9 enrolled in institutions described in section 

10 202(b)(1)(A) plus the number of students who 

11 are estimated to be enrolled in and pursuing a 

12 degree or certificate that is not a bachelor’s, 

13 master’s, professional, or other advanced degree 

14 in institutions described in section 

15 202(b)(1)(B), based on the proportion of de16 grees or certificates awarded by such institu17 tions that are not bachelor’s, master’s, profes18 sional, or other advanced degrees, as reported 

19 to the Integrated Postsecondary Data System 

20 bears to the estimated total number of such 

21 students in all States, except that no State shall 

22 receive less than $2,500,000. 

23 (C) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allo24 cated under this section to a State because the 

25 State either did not submit an application 


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1 under subsection (b), the State submitted an 

2 application that the Secretary determined did 

3 not meet the requirements of such subsection, 

4 or the State cannot demonstrate to the Sec5 retary a sufficient demand for projects to war6 rant the full allocation of the funds, shall be 

7 proportionately reallocated under this para8 graph to the other States that have a dem9 onstrated need for, and are receiving, alloca10 tions under this section. 

11 (D) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—A State 

12 that receives a grant under this section may use 

13 not more than one percent of that grant to ad14 minister it. 

15 (3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

16 made available under this section shall be used to 

17 supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, 

18 and local funds that would otherwise be expended to 

19 modernize, renovate, or repair existing community 

20 college facilities. 

21 (b) APPLICATION.—A State that desires to receive a 

22 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

23 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 

24 such information and assurances as the Secretary may re25 quire. Such application shall include a description of— 


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1 (1) how the funds provided under this section 

2 will improve instruction at community colleges, in3 cluding how faculty and staff will be consulted re4 garding uses of funds for projects that will improve 

5 instruction, in the State and will improve the ability 

6 of those colleges to educate and train students to 

7 meet the workforce needs of employers in the State; 

8 and 

9 (2) the projected start of each project and the 

10 estimated number of persons to be employed in the 

11 project. 

12 (c) PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—No funds awarded under 

14 this section may be used for— 

15 (A) payment of routine maintenance costs; 

16 (B) construction, modernization, renova17 tion, or repair of stadiums or other facilities 

18 primarily used for athletic contests or exhibi19 tions or other events for which admission is 

20 charged to the general public; or 

21 (C) construction, modernization, renova22 tion, or repair of facilities— 

23 (i) used for sectarian instruction, reli24 gious worship, or a school or department 

25 of divinity; or 


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1 (ii) in which a substantial portion of 

2 the functions of the facilities are subsumed 

3 in a religious mission. 

4 (2) FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS.—No funds 

5 awarded to a four-year public institution of higher 

6 education under this section may be used for any fa7 cility, service, or program of the institution that is 

8 not available to students who are pursuing a degree 

9 or certificate that is not a bachelor’s, master’s, pro10 fessional, or other advanced degree. 

11 (d) GREEN PROJECTS.—In providing assistance to 

12 community college projects under this section, the State 

13 shall consider the extent to which a community college’s 

14 project involves activities that are certified, verified, or 

15 consistent with the applicable provisions of— 

16 (1) the LEED Green Building Rating System; 

17 (2) Energy Star; 

18 (3) the CHPS Criteria, as applicable; 

19 (4) Green Globes; or 

20 (5) an equivalent program adopted by the State 

21 or the State higher education agency that includes 

22 a verifiable method to demonstrate compliance with 

23 such program. 


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1 (e) APPLICATION OF GEPA.—Section 439 of the 

2 General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b) shall 

3 apply to funds available under this title. 

4 (f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

5 (1) There are authorized to be appropriated, 

6 and there are appropriated, to carry out this section 

7 (in addition to any other amounts appropriated to 

8 carry out this section and out of any money in the 

9 Treasury not otherwise appropriated), 

10 $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

11 (2) Funds appropriated under this subsection 

12 shall be available for obligation by community col13 leges only during the period that ends 36 months 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

16 (a) ESEA TERMS.—Except as otherwise provided, in 

17 this title, the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘Sec18 retary’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the mean19 ings given those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary 

20 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

21 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—The following defi22 nitions apply to this title: 

23 (1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu24 nity college’’ means— 


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1 (A) a junior or community college, as that 

2 term is defined in section 312(f) of the Higher 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)); or 

4 (B) an institution of higher education (as 

5 defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 

6 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that awards a 

7 significant number of degrees and certificates, 

8 as determined by the Secretary, that are not— 

9 (i) bachelor’s degrees (or an equiva10 lent); or 

11 (ii) master’s, professional, or other 

12 advanced degrees. 

13 (2) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri14 teria’’ means the green building rating program de15 veloped by the Collaborative for High Performance 

16 Schools. 

17 (3) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 

18 means the Energy Star program of the United 

19 States Department of Energy and the United States 

20 Environmental Protection Agency. 

21 (4) GREEN GLOBES.—The term ‘‘Green 

22 Globes’’ means the Green Building Initiative envi23 ronmental design and rating system referred to as 

24 Green Globes. 


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1 (5) LEED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYS2 TEM.—The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 

3 System’’ means the United States Green Building 

4 Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 

5 Design green building rating standard referred to as 

6 the LEED Green Building Rating System. 

7 (6) MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, AND RE8 PAIR.—The term ‘‘modernization, renovation, and 

9 repair’’ means— 

10 (A) comprehensive assessments of facilities 

11 to identify— 

12 (i) facility conditions or deficiencies 

13 that could adversely affect student and 

14 staff health, safety, performance, or pro15 ductivity or energy, water, or materials ef16 ficiency; and 

17 (ii) needed facility improvements; 

18 (B) repairing, replacing, or installing roofs 

19 (which may be extensive, intensive, or semi-in20 tensive ‘‘green’’ roofs); electrical wiring; water 

21 supply and plumbing systems, sewage systems, 

22 storm water runoff systems, lighting systems 

23 (or components of such systems); or building 

24 envelope, windows, ceilings, flooring, or doors, 

25 including security doors; 


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1 (C) repairing, replacing, or installing heat2 ing, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, or 

3 components of those systems (including insula4 tion), including by conducting indoor air quality 

5 assessments; 

6 (D) repairing, replacing, or installing an 

7 interior or exterior system that would include 

8 paint or coatings, wall covering, drywall or plat9 er, ceiling, baseboards and floor covering; 

10 (E) compliance with fire, health, seismic, 

11 and safety codes, including professional installa12 tion of fire and life safety alarms, and mod13 ernizations, renovations, and repairs that en14 sure that facilities are prepared for such emer15 gencies as acts of terrorism, campus violence, 

16 and natural disasters, such as improving build17 ing infrastructure to accommodate security 

18 measures and installing or upgrading tech19 nology to ensure that a school or incident is 

20 able to respond to such emergencies; 

21 (F) making modifications necessary to 

22 make educational facilities accessible in compli23 ance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 

24 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 

25 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 


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1 U.S.C. 794), except that such modifications 

2 shall not be the primary use of a grant or 

3 subgrant; 

4 (G) abatement, removal, or interim con5 trols of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, 

6 mold, mildew, or lead-based hazards, including 

7 lead-based paint hazards; 

8 (H) retrofitting necessary to increase en9 ergy efficiency, including insulation or reducing 

10 heating and cooling costs through thermal coat11 ing of school facility roofs; 

12 (I) measures, such as selection and substi13 tution of products and materials, and imple14 mentation of improved maintenance and oper15 ational procedures, such as ‘‘green cleaning’’ 

16 programs, to reduce or eliminate potential stu17 dent or staff exposure to— 

18 (i) volatile organic compounds; 

19 (ii) particles such as dust and pollens; 

20 or 

21 (iii) combustion gases; 

22 (J) modernization, renovation, or repair 

23 necessary to reduce the consumption of coal, 

24 electricity, land, oil, or water; 


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1 (K) installation or upgrading of edu2 cational technology infrastructure; 

3 (L) installation or upgrading of renewable 

4 energy generation and heating systems, includ5 ing solar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including 

6 wood pellet and woody biomass), waste-to-en7 ergy, solar-thermal, fuel cell, and geothermal 

8 systems, and energy audits; 

9 (M) modernization, renovation, or repair 

10 activities related to energy efficiency and renew11 able energy, including insulation of systems 

12 functioning as heating, venting, or air condi13 tioning, and improvements to building infra14 structures to accommodate bicycle and pedes15 trian access; 

16 (N) ground improvements, storm water 

17 management, and environmental clean-up when 

18 necessary; 

19 (O) other modernization, renovation, or re20 pair to— 

21 (i) improve teachers’ ability to teach 

22 and students’ ability to learn; 

23 (ii) ensure the health and safety of 

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1 (iii) improve classroom, laboratory, 

2 and vocational facilities in order to en3 hance the quality of science, technology, 

4 engineering, and mathematics instruction; 

5 and 

6 (P) required environmental remediation re7 lated to facilities modernization, renovation, or 

8 repair activities described in subparagraphs (A) 

9 through (L). 

10 (7) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 

11 area’’ means the United States Virgin Islands, 

12 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

13 Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of 

14 Palau. 

15 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

16 the 50 States of the United States, the Common17 wealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. 

18 TITLE III—GENERAL 

19 PROVISIONS 

20 SEC. 301. BUY AMERICAN. 

21 Section 1605 of division A of the American Recovery 

22 and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) shall 

23 apply to funds made available under this Act. 


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1 SEC. 302. COMPLIANCE WITH DAVIS-BACON ACT. 

2 All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors 

3 and subcontractors on projects funded directly by or as4 sisted in whole or in part pursuant to this Act shall be 

5 paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 

6 projects of a character similar in the locality as deter7 mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sub8 chapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of title 40, United 

9 States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified 

10 in this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the au11 thority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 

12 Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

13 section 3145 of title 40, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 303. REPORTS. 

15 (a) REPORTS BY THE STATES.—Each local edu16 cational agency and State that receives a grant under this 

17 Act shall, not later than September 30, 2012, and annu18 ally thereafter for each fiscal year in which the State ex19 pends funds received under this Act, submit to the Sec20 retary a report that includes— 

21 (1) a description of the projects for which the 

22 grant was, or will be, used; 

23 (2) a description of the amount and nature of 

24 the assistance provided to each community college 

25 under this section; and 


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1 (3) the number of jobs created by the projects 

2 funded under this section. 

3 (b) REPORT BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary of 

4 Education shall submit to the appropriating and author5 izing committees (as defined in section 103 of the Higher 

6 Education Act of 1965; U.S.C. 1003) an annual report 

7 on the grants made under this section, including the infor8 mation described in subsection (a). 

9 (c) GAO.—Not later than 3 years after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

11 United States shall submit to Congress a report evaluating 

12 the program carried out under this Act that includes an 

13 assessment of the impact and benefits of each funded 

14 school improvement project. 

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