I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2592 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide 
that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are 
fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English 
Language Acquisition grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2021 
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated 
from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for 
purposes of State allotments under the English Lan-
guage Acquisition grants. 
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 ‘‘Ensuring Linguistic 
Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English 
Act’’ or the ‘‘ELEVATE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICO WITH RESPECT TO 
ALLOTMENTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AC-
QUISITION GRANTS. 
(a) CHANGE IN DEFINITION.—Section 3201(5) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7011(5)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND
MIGRANTS
FROM
PUERTO
RICO’’ 
after 
‘‘YOUTH’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘immigrant children and youth’’ and in-
serting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and migrants 
from Puerto Rico’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘in which 
the primary language of instruction in public ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools is English’’ 
after ‘‘any State’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, other 
than Puerto Rico,’’ after ‘‘States’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part A of title III 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in each of sections 3102 and 3114 (20 
U.S.C. 6812 and 6824), by striking ‘‘immigrant 
children and youth’’ each place the term appears 
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and inserting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and 
migrants from Puerto Rico’’; 
(2) in section 3111 (20 U.S.C. 6821)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘immigrant children and 
youth’’ each place the term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi-
grants from Puerto Rico’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘and migrants’’ after ‘‘such children and 
youth’’; 
(3) 
in 
section 
3113(b)(7) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6823(b)(7)), by striking ‘‘children and youth’’ and 
inserting ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi-
grants from Puerto Rico’’; and 
(4) in section 3115 (20 U.S.C. 6825)— 
(A) in the subsection heading of subsection 
(e), by inserting ‘‘AND MIGRANTS FROM PUER-
TO RICO’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘immigrant children and 
youth’’ each place the term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘immigrant children and youth and mi-
grants from Puerto Rico’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal 
year the begins on or after the date of enactment of this 
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Act, except that if the application of such amendments 
would result in a State receiving an allotment under title 
III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) for such first fiscal year 
that is less than the allotment such State received under 
such title for the fiscal year preceding such first fiscal 
year, such amendments shall take effect on October 1 of 
the second fiscal year that begins on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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