I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6830 
To provide temporary impact aid construction grants to eligible local 
educational agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 
Mr. O’HALLERAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide temporary impact aid construction grants to 
eligible local educational agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Impact Aid Infrastruc-
ture Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
(a) FUNDING AND SUNSET.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
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$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 
this Act. 
(2) SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDING.—The amount 
authorized under paragraph (1) shall be in addition 
to any amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to carry out section 7007 
of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707). 
(3) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Any amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a)(1) shall remain 
available until expended. 
(4) SUNSET.—The authority to award grants 
under this Act shall expire at the end of the 3-year 
period beginning on the date on which funds are 
first made available to award a grant under this Act. 
(b) RESERVATION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OVER-
SIGHT.—From the funds appropriated under subsection 
(a)(1), the Secretary may reserve up to half of 1 percent 
for management and oversight of the activities carried out 
with those funds. 
(c) FORMULA GRANTS.—From 40 percent of the 
funds appropriated under subsection (a)(1) and not re-
served under subsection (b), the Secretary shall make pay-
ments in accordance with section 7007(a) of the Elemen-
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tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7707(a)). 
(d) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—From 60 percent of the 
funds appropriated under subsection (a)(1) and not re-
served under subsection (b), the Secretary— 
(1) shall award emergency grants in accordance 
with section 7007(b) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)), 
except as otherwise provided in this Act; and 
(2) may award modernization grants in accord-
ance with section 7007(b) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7707(b)), except as otherwise provided in this Act. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR EMERGENCY GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of receiving an 
emergency grant under section 2(d)(1) of this Act, 
in addition to a local educational agency that meets 
the eligibility requirements for the award of such a 
grant under any of subparagraphs (A), (C), or (D) 
of section 7007(b)(3) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
7707(b)(3)), a local educational agency that meets 
the requirements described in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection (without regard to whether the agency 
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meets the requirements of such subparagraphs (A), 
(C), or (D)), shall be eligible for such a grant. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational agen-
cy meets the requirements of this paragraph, if such 
agency has— 
(A) a total taxable assessed value of real 
property that may be taxed for school purposes 
of less than $100,000,000; or 
(B) an assessed value of real property per 
student that may be taxed for school purposes 
that is less than the average of the assessed 
value of real property per student that may be 
taxed for school purposes in the State in which 
the local educational agency is located. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR MODERNIZATION GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of receiving a 
modernization grant under section 2(d)(2) of this 
Act, in addition to a local educational agency that 
meets the eligibility requirements for the award of 
such a grant under any of subparagraphs (B), (C), 
or (D) of section 7007(b)(3) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7707(b)(3)), a local educational agency that meets 
the requirements described in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection (without regard to whether the agency 
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meets the requirements of such subparagraphs (B), 
(C), or (D)), shall be eligible for such a grant. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational agen-
cy meets the requirements of this paragraph, if such 
agency has— 
(A) a total taxable assessed value of real 
property that may be taxed for school purposes 
of less than $100,000,000; or 
(B) an assessed value of real property per 
student that may be taxed for school purposes 
that is less than the average of the assessed 
value of real property per student that may be 
taxed for school purposes in the State in which 
the local educational agency is located. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 7013 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713). 
SEC. 4. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 
Clauses (i) and (vi) of paragraph (5)(A) of section 
7007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)) shall not apply to grants 
made under section 2(d). 
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