I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3555 
To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers 
back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide 
pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BROWN 
of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 
New Mexico, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, and Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Busi-
ness, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and 
Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, 
to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and 
modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to 
work for Americans looking for jobs. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References. 
Sec. 3. Severability. 
Sec. 4. Buy American—Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods. 
Sec. 5. Wage rate and employment protection requirements. 
TITLE I—RELIEF FOR WORKERS AND BUSINESSES 
Subtitle A—Making Work Pay Credit 
Sec. 101. Making work pay credit. 
Subtitle B—Other Relief for Businesses 
Sec. 111. Extension of temporary 100-percent bonus depreciation for certain 
business assets. 
Sec. 112. Surety bonds. 
TITLE II—PUTTING WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB WHILE 
REBUILDING AND MODERNIZING AMERICA 
Subtitle A—Teacher Stabilization 
Sec. 201. Purpose. 
Sec. 202. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior; avail-
ability of funds. 
Sec. 203. State allocation. 
Sec. 204. State application. 
Sec. 205. State reservation and responsibilities. 
Sec. 206. Local educational agencies. 
Sec. 207. Early learning. 
Sec. 208. Maintenance of effort. 
Sec. 209. Reporting. 
Sec. 210. Definitions. 
Sec. 211. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—First Responder Stabilization 
Sec. 212. Purpose. 
Sec. 213. Grant program. 
Sec. 214. Appropriations. 
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Subtitle C—School Modernization 
PART I—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS 
Sec. 221. Purpose. 
Sec. 222. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 223. Allocation of funds. 
Sec. 224. State use of funds. 
Sec. 225. State and local applications. 
Sec. 226. Use of funds. 
Sec. 227. Private schools. 
Sec. 228. Additional provisions. 
PART II—COMMUNITY COLLEGE MODERNIZATION 
Sec. 229. Federal assistance for community college modernization. 
PART III—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 230. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Immediate Transportation Infrastructure Investments 
Sec. 241. Immediate transportation infrastructure investments. 
Subtitle E—Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term 
Development 
Sec. 242. Short title. 
Sec. 243. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 244. Definitions. 
PART I—AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AUTHORITY 
Sec. 245. Establishment and general authority of AIFA. 
Sec. 246. Voting members of the Board of Directors. 
Sec. 247. Chief executive officer of AIFA. 
Sec. 248. Powers and duties of the Board of Directors. 
Sec. 249. Senior management. 
Sec. 250. Special Inspector General for AIFA. 
Sec. 251. Other personnel. 
Sec. 252. Compliance. 
PART II—TERMS AND LIMITATIONS ON DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN 
GUARANTEES 
Sec. 253. Eligibility criteria for assistance from AIFA and terms and limita-
tions of loans. 
Sec. 254. Loan terms and repayment. 
Sec. 255. Compliance and enforcement. 
Sec. 256. Audits; reports to the President and Congress. 
PART III—FUNDING OF AIFA 
Sec. 257. Administrative fees. 
Sec. 258. Efficiency of AIFA. 
Sec. 259. Funding. 
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PART IV—EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION FROM ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX 
TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT BONDS 
Sec. 260. Extension of exemption from alternative minimum tax treatment for 
certain tax-exempt bonds. 
Subtitle F—Project Rebuild 
Sec. 261. Project rebuild. 
TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND PATHWAYS 
BACK TO WORK 
Subtitle A—Supporting Unemployed Workers 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
PART I—EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND 
CERTAIN EXTENDED BENEFITS PROVISIONS, AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF 
SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
Sec. 311. Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program. 
Sec. 312. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions. 
Sec. 313. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Act. 
PART II—REEMPLOYMENT NOW PROGRAM 
Sec. 321. Establishment of reemployment NOW program. 
Sec. 322. Distribution of funds. 
Sec. 323. State plan. 
Sec. 324. Bridge to work program. 
Sec. 325. Wage insurance. 
Sec. 326. Enhanced reemployment strategies. 
Sec. 327. Self-employment programs. 
Sec. 328. Additional innovative programs. 
Sec. 329. Guidance and additional requirements. 
Sec. 330. Report of information and evaluations to Congress and the public. 
Sec. 331. State. 
PART III—SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 341. Temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States 
with programs in law. 
Sec. 342. Temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements. 
Sec. 343. Grants for short-time compensation programs. 
Sec. 344. Assistance and guidance in implementing programs. 
Sec. 345. Reports. 
Subtitle B—Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Preferences 
Sec. 351. Long-term unemployed workers work opportunity tax credits. 
Subtitle C—Pathways Back to Work 
Sec. 361. Short title. 
Sec. 362. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 363. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 364. Subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults. 
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Sec. 365. Summer employment and year-round employment opportunities for 
low-income youth. 
Sec. 366. Work-based employment strategies of demonstrated effectiveness. 
Sec. 367. General requirements. 
Sec. 368. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Prohibition of Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of an 
Individual’s Status as Unemployed 
Sec. 371. Short title. 
Sec. 372. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 373. Definitions. 
Sec. 374. Prohibited acts. 
Sec. 375. Enforcement. 
Sec. 376. Federal and State immunity. 
Sec. 377. Relationship to other laws. 
Sec. 378. Severability. 
Sec. 379. Effective date. 
TITLE IV—OFFSETS 
Subtitle A—28-Percent Limitation on Certain Deductions and Exclusions 
Sec. 401. 28-percent limitation on certain deductions and exclusions. 
Subtitle B—Tax Carried Interest in Investment Partnerships as Ordinary 
Income 
Sec. 411. Partnership interests transferred in connection with performance of 
services. 
Sec. 412. Special rules for partners providing investment management services 
to partnerships. 
Subtitle C—Close Loophole for Corporate Jet Depreciation 
Sec. 421. General aviation aircraft treated as 7-year property. 
Subtitle D—Repeal Oil Subsidies 
Sec. 431. Repeal of deduction for intangible drilling and development costs in 
the case of oil and gas wells. 
Sec. 432. Repeal of deduction for tertiary injectants. 
Sec. 433. Repeal of percentage depletion for oil and gas wells. 
Sec. 434. Section 199 deduction not allowed with respect to oil, natural gas, 
or primary products thereof. 
Sec. 435. Repeal oil and gas working interest exception to passive activity rules. 
Sec. 436. Repeal enhanced oil recovery credit. 
Sec. 437. Uniform seven-year amortization for geological and geophysical ex-
penditures. 
Sec. 438. Repeal marginal well production credit. 
Subtitle E—Dual Capacity Taxpayers 
Sec. 441. Modifications of foreign tax credit rules applicable to dual capacity 
taxpayers. 
Sec. 442. Separate basket treatment taxes paid on foreign oil and gas income. 
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Subtitle F—Repeal of Sequestration 
Sec. 451. Repeal of sequestration. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any subtitle of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that sub-
title. 
SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof 
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remain-
der of the Act and the application of such provision to 
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected there-
by. 
SEC. 4. BUY AMERICAN—USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, 
AND MANUFACTURED GOODS. 
(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and 
manufactured goods used in the project are produced in 
the United States. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the head of the Federal depart-
ment or agency involved finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
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(2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured 
goods are not produced in the United States in suffi-
cient and reasonably available quantities and of a 
satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured 
goods produced in the United States will increase 
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
(c) If the head of a Federal department or agency 
determines that it is necessary to waive the application 
of subsection (a) based on a finding under subsection (b), 
the head of the department or agency shall publish in the 
Federal Register a detailed written justification as to why 
the provision is being waived. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
SEC. 5. WAGE RATE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
in a manner consistent with other provisions in this Act, 
all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and 
subcontractors on projects funded directly by or assisted 
in whole or in part by and through the Federal Govern-
ment pursuant to this Act shall be paid wages at rates 
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not less than those prevailing on projects of a character 
similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of 
title 40, United States Code. 
(b) With respect to the labor standards specified in 
this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the author-
ity and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and sec-
tion 3145 of title 40, United States Code. 
(c) Projects as defined under title 49, United States 
Code, funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part 
by and through the Federal Government pursuant to this 
Act shall be subject to the requirements of section 5333(b) 
of title 49, United States Code. 
TITLE I—RELIEF FOR WORKERS 
AND BUSINESSES 
Subtitle A—Making Work Pay 
Credit 
SEC. 101. MAKING WORK PAY CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36A(e) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply 
to— 
‘‘(1) beginning after December 31, 2010, and 
before January 1, 2015, and 
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‘‘(2) taxable years beginning after December 
31, 2014.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF POSSESSIONS.—Rules similar to 
the rules of subsections (b) and (c) of section 1001 of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 
shall apply with respect to the amendment made by sub-
section (a). For purposes of the preceding sentence, such 
section shall be applied by substituting ‘‘taxable years be-
ginning in 2015’’ for ‘‘taxable years beginning in 2009 
and 2010’’ each place it occurs. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend-
ments made by this section, shall apply to taxable years 
beginning after December 31, 2014. 
Subtitle B—Other Relief for 
Businesses 
SEC. 111. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY 100-PERCENT BONUS 
DEPRECIATION FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS AS-
SETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(k) of the Internal 
Revenue Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR PROPERTY ACQUIRED 
DURING CERTAIN PRE-2015 PERIOD.—In the case of 
qualified property acquired by the taxpayer (under 
rules similar to the rules of clauses (ii) and (iii) of 
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for additional capital for the revolving fund for surety 
bond guarantees authorized under section 412 of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694c). 
TITLE 
II—PUTTING 
WORKERS 
BACK ON THE JOB WHILE RE-
BUILDING AND MODERNIZING 
AMERICA 
Subtitle A—Teacher Stabilization 
SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to provide funds to 
States to prevent teacher layoffs and support the creation 
of additional jobs in public early childhood, elementary, 
and secondary education in the 2016–2017 and 2017– 
2018 school years. 
SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR THE OUTLYING AREAS AND THE 
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR; AVAILABILITY 
OF FUNDS. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount ap-
propriated to carry out this subtitle under section 212, 
the Secretary— 
(1) shall reserve up to one-half of one percent 
to provide assistance to the outlying areas on the 
basis of their respective needs, as determined by the 
Secretary, for activities consistent with this subtitle 
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under such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
may determine; 
(2) shall reserve up to one-half of one percent 
to provide assistance to the Secretary of the Interior 
to carry out activities consistent with this subtitle, in 
schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian 
Education; and 
(3) may reserve up to $2,000,000 for adminis-
tration and oversight of this subtitle, including pro-
gram evaluation. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail-
able under section 212 shall remain available to the Sec-
retary until September 30, 2016. 
SEC. 203. STATE ALLOCATION. 
(a) ALLOCATION.—After reserving funds under sec-
tion 202(a), the Secretary shall allocate the remaining 
funds appropriated under section 212 to States, of 
which— 
(1) 60 percent shall be allocated to States on 
the basis of their relative population of individuals 
aged 5 through 17; and 
(2) 40 percent shall be allocated to States on 
the basis of their relative total population. 
(b) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall award a State’s 
allocation under subsection (a) to the Governor of the 
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State only if the Secretary has approved the State’s appli-
cation under section 205. 
(c) ALTERNATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, within 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, a Governor has not 
submitted an approvable application to the Sec-
retary, the Secretary shall, consistent with para-
graph (2), provide for funds allocated to that State 
to be distributed to another entity or other entities 
in the State for the support of early childhood, ele-
mentary, and secondary education, under such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may establish. 
(2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
(A) GOVERNOR
ASSURANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall not allocate funds under paragraph 
(1) unless the Governor of the State provides 
an assurance to the Secretary that the State 
will for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 meet the re-
quirements of section 209. 
(B) ALLOCATIONS TO OTHER ENTITIES.— 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary may allocate up to 50 percent of the 
funds that are available to the State under 
paragraph (1) to another entity or entities in 
the State, provided that the State educational 
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agency submits data to the Secretary dem-
onstrating that the State will for fiscal year 
2016 meet the requirements of section 209(a) 
or the Secretary otherwise determines that the 
State will meet those requirements, or such 
comparable requirements as the Secretary may 
establish, for that year. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—An entity that receives 
funds under paragraph (1) shall use those funds in 
accordance with the requirements of this subtitle. 
(d) REALLOCATION.—If a State does not receive 
funding under this subtitle or only receives a portion of 
its allocation under subsection (c), the Secretary shall re-
allocate the State’s entire allocation or the remaining por-
tion of its allocation, as the case may be, to the remaining 
States in accordance with subsection (a). 
SEC. 204. STATE APPLICATION. 
The Governor of a State desiring to receive a grant 
under this subtitle shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require to determine the State’s 
compliance with applicable provisions of law. 
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SEC. 205. STATE RESERVATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) RESERVATION.—Each State receiving a grant 
under section 204(b) may reserve— 
(1) not more than 10 percent of the grant 
funds for awards to State-funded early learning pro-
grams; and 
(2) not more than 2 percent of the grant funds 
for the administrative costs of carrying out its re-
sponsibilities under this subtitle. 
(b) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each State receiving 
a grant under this subtitle shall, after reserving any funds 
under subsection (a)— 
(1) use the remaining grant funds only for 
awards to local educational agencies for the support 
of early childhood, elementary, and secondary edu-
cation; 
(2) distribute those funds, through subgrants, 
to its local educational agencies by distributing— 
(A) 60 percent on the basis of the local 
educational agencies’ relative shares of enroll-
ment; and 
(B) 40 percent on the basis of the local 
educational agencies’ relative shares of funds 
received under part A of title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for 
fiscal year 2013; and 
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(3) make those funds available to local edu-
cational agencies no later than 100 days after receiv-
ing a grant from the Secretary. 
(c) PROHIBITIONS.—A State shall not use funds re-
ceived under this subtitle to directly or indirectly— 
(1) establish, restore, or supplement a rainy-day 
fund; 
(2) supplant State funds in a manner that has 
the 
effect 
of 
establishing, 
restoring, 
or 
supplementing a rainy-day fund; 
(3) reduce or retire debt obligations incurred by 
the State; or 
(4) supplant State funds in a manner that has 
the effect of reducing or retiring debt obligations in-
curred by the State. 
SEC. 206. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
Each local educational agency that receives a 
subgrant under this subtitle— 
(1) shall use the subgrant funds only for com-
pensation and benefits and other expenses, such as 
support services, necessary to retain existing employ-
ees, recall or rehire former employees, or hire new 
employees to provide early childhood, elementary, or 
secondary educational and related services; 
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(2) shall obligate those funds not later than 
September 30, 2016; and 
(3) may not use those funds for general admin-
istrative expenses or for other support services or ex-
penditures, as those terms are defined by the Na-
tional Center for Education Statistics in the Com-
mon Core of Data, as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 207. EARLY LEARNING. 
Each State-funded early learning program that re-
ceives funds under this subtitle shall— 
(1) use those funds only for compensation, ben-
efits, and other expenses, such as support services, 
necessary to retain early childhood educators, recall 
or rehire former early childhood educators, or hire 
new early childhood educators to provide early learn-
ing services; and 
(2) obligate those funds not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
SEC. 208. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall not allocate 
funds to a State under this subtitle unless the State pro-
vides an assurance to the Secretary that— 
(1) for State fiscal year 2016— 
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(A) the State will maintain State support 
for early childhood, elementary, and secondary 
education (in the aggregate or on the basis of 
expenditure per pupil) and for public institu-
tions of higher education (not including support 
for capital projects or for research and develop-
ment or tuition and fees paid by students) at 
not less than the level of such support for each 
of the two categories for State fiscal year 2015; 
or 
(B) the State will maintain State support 
for early childhood, elementary, and secondary 
education and for public institutions of higher 
education (not including support for capital 
projects or for research and development or tui-
tion and fees paid by students) at a percentage 
of the total revenues available to the State that 
is equal to or greater than the percentage pro-
vided for State fiscal year 2013; and 
(2) for State fiscal year 2017— 
(A) the State will maintain State support 
for early childhood, elementary, and secondary 
education (in the aggregate or on the basis of 
expenditure per pupil) and for public institu-
tions of higher education (not including support 
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for capital projects or for research and develop-
ment or tuition and fees paid by students) at 
not less than the level of such support for each 
of the two categories for State fiscal year 2016; 
or 
(B) the State will maintain State support 
for early childhood, elementary, and secondary 
education and for public institutions of higher 
education (not including support for capital 
projects or for research and development or tui-
tion and fees paid by students) at a percentage 
of the total revenues available to the State that 
is equal to or greater than the percentage pro-
vided for State fiscal year 2016. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require-
ments of this section if the Secretary determines that a 
waiver would be equitable due to— 
(1) exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, 
such as a natural disaster; or 
(2) a precipitous decline in the financial re-
sources of the State. 
SEC. 209. REPORTING. 
Each State that receives a grant under this subtitle 
shall submit, on an annual basis, a report to the Secretary 
that contains— 
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(1) a description of how funds received under 
this part were expended or obligated; and 
(2) an estimate of the number of jobs supported 
by the State using funds received under this subtitle. 
SEC. 210. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise 
provided, the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’, 
‘‘outlying area’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘State 
educational agency’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ does not include 
an outlying area. 
(3) EARLY
CHILD
EDUCATOR.—The term 
‘‘early childhood educator’’ means an individual 
who— 
(A) works directly with children in a State- 
funded early learning program in a low-income 
community; 
(B) is involved directly in the care, devel-
opment, and education of infants, toddlers, or 
young children age five and under; and 
(C) has completed a baccalaureate or ad-
vanced degree in early childhood development or 
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early childhood education, or in a field related 
to early childhood education. 
(4) STATE-FUNDED
EARLY
LEARNING
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘State-funded early learning pro-
gram’’ means a program that provides educational 
services to children from birth to kindergarten entry 
and receives funding from a State. 
SEC. 211. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 
are appropriated, $30,000,000,000 to carry out this sub-
title for fiscal year 2016. 
Subtitle B—First Responder 
Stabilization 
SEC. 212. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to provide funds to 
States and localities to prevent layoffs of, and support the 
creation of additional jobs for, law enforcement officers 
and other first responders. 
SEC. 213. GRANT PROGRAM. 
The Attorney General shall carry out a competitive 
grant program pursuant to section 1701 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd) for hiring, rehiring, or retention of career 
law enforcement officers under part Q of such title. Grants 
awarded under this section shall not be subject to sub-
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section (g) or (i) of section 1701 or to section 1704 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c)). 
SEC. 214. APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is hereby appropriated for the Community Ori-
ented Policing Stabilization Fund, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 
$4,000,000,000 shall be for the Attorney General to carry 
out the competitive grant program under section 213, and 
of which $1,000,000,000 shall be transferred by the Attor-
ney General to a First Responder Stabilization Fund, 
from which the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
make competitive grants for hiring, rehiring, or retention 
pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), to carry out section 
34 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). In making such grants, 
the Secretary may grant waivers from the requirements 
in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 
(c)(2), and (c)(4)(A) of such section 34. Of the amounts 
appropriated herein, not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be for 
administrative costs of the Attorney General, and not to 
exceed $2,000,000 shall be for administrative costs of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security. 
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Subtitle C—School Modernization 
PART I—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
SCHOOLS 
SEC. 221. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this part is to provide assistance for 
the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary 
and secondary school buildings in public school districts 
across America in order to support the achievement of im-
proved educational outcomes in those schools. 
SEC. 222. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 
are appropriated, $25,000,000,000 to carry out this part, 
which shall be available for obligation by the Secretary 
until September 30, 2016. 
SEC. 223. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
(a) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amount made available 
to carry out this part, the Secretary shall reserve— 
(1) one-half of one percent for the Secretary of 
the Interior to carry out modernization, renovation, 
and repair activities described in section 226 in 
schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian 
Education; 
(2) one-half of one percent to make grants to 
the outlying areas for modernization, renovation, 
and repair activities described in section 226; and 
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(3) such funds as the Secretary determines are 
needed to conduct a survey, by the National Center 
for Education Statistics, of the school construction, 
modernization, renovation, and repair needs of the 
public schools of the United States. 
(b) STATE
ALLOCATION.—After reserving funds 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate the re-
maining amount among the States in proportion to their 
respective allocations under part A of title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (in this 
part referred to as the ‘‘ESEA’’) (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) 
for fiscal year 2013, except that— 
(1) the Secretary shall allocate 40 percent of 
such remaining amount to the 100 local educational 
agencies with the largest numbers of children aged 
5–17 living in poverty, as determined using the most 
recent data available from the Department of Com-
merce that are satisfactory to the Secretary, in pro-
portion to those agencies’ respective allocations 
under part A of title I of the ESEA for fiscal year 
2013; and 
(2) the allocation to any State shall be reduced 
by the aggregate amount of the allocations under 
paragraph (1) to local educational agencies in that 
State. 
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(c) REMAINING ALLOCATION.— 
(1) STATES.—If a State does not apply for its 
allocation under subsection (b) (or applies for less 
than the full allocation for which it is eligible) or 
does not use that allocation in a timely manner, the 
Secretary may— 
(A) reallocate all or a portion of that allo-
cation to the other States in accordance with 
subsection (b); or 
(B) use all or a portion of that allocation 
to make direct allocations to local educational 
agencies within the State based on their respec-
tive allocations under part A of title I of the 
ESEA for fiscal year 2013 or such other meth-
od as the Secretary may determine. 
(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—If a local 
educational agency does not apply for its allocation 
under subsection (b)(1), applies for less than the full 
allocation for which it is eligible, or does not use 
that allocation in a timely manner, the Secretary 
may reallocate all or a portion of its allocation to the 
State in which that agency is located. 
SEC. 224. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) RESERVATION.—Each State that receives a grant 
under this part may reserve not more than one percent 
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of the State’s allocation under section 223(b) for the pur-
pose of administering the grant, except that no State may 
reserve more than $750,000 for this purpose. 
(b) FUNDS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) FORMULA
SUBGRANTS.—From the grant 
funds that are not reserved under subsection (a), a 
State shall allocate at least 50 percent to local edu-
cational agencies, including charter schools that are 
local educational agencies, that did not receive funds 
under section 223(b)(1) from the Secretary, in ac-
cordance with their respective allocations under part 
A of title I of the ESEA for fiscal year 2013, except 
that no such local educational agency shall receive 
less than $10,000. 
(2) ADDITIONAL SUBGRANTS.—The State shall 
use any funds remaining, after reserving funds 
under subsection (a) and allocating funds under 
paragraph (1), for subgrants to local educational 
agencies that did not receive funds under section 
223(b)(1), including charter schools that are local 
educational agencies, to support modernization, ren-
ovation, and repair projects that the State deter-
mines, using objective criteria, are most needed in 
the State, with priority given to projects in rural 
local educational agencies. 
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(c) REMAINING FUNDS.—If a local educational agen-
cy does not apply for an allocation under subsection 
(b)(1), applies for less than its full allocation, or fails to 
use that allocation in a timely manner, the State may re-
allocate any unused portion to other local educational 
agencies in accordance with subsection (b). 
SEC. 225. STATE AND LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 
(a) STATE APPLICATION.—A State that desires to re-
ceive a grant under this part shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information and assurances as the Secretary 
may require, which shall include— 
(1) an identification of the State agency or enti-
ty that will administer the program under this part; 
and 
(2) the State’s process for determining how the 
grant funds will be distributed and administered, in-
cluding— 
(A) how the State will determine the cri-
teria and priorities in making subgrants under 
section 224(b)(2); 
(B) any additional criteria the State will 
use in determining which projects it will fund 
under that section; 
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(C) a description of how the State will con-
sider— 
(i) the needs of local educational 
agencies for assistance under this part; 
(ii) the impact of potential projects on 
job creation in the State; 
(iii) the fiscal capacity of local edu-
cational agencies applying for assistance; 
(iv) the percentage of children in 
those local educational agencies who are 
from low-income families; and 
(v) the potential for leveraging assist-
ance provided by the program under this 
part through matching or other financing 
mechanisms; 
(D) a description of how the State will en-
sure that the local educational agencies receiv-
ing subgrants meet the requirements of this 
part; 
(E) a description of how the State will en-
sure that the State and its local educational 
agencies meet the deadlines established in sec-
tion 228; 
(F) a description of how the State will give 
priority to the use of green practices that are 
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certified, verified, or consistent with any appli-
cable provisions of— 
(i) the LEED Green Building Rating 
System; 
(ii) Energy Star; 
(iii) the CHPS Criteria; 
(iv) Green Globes; or 
(v) an equivalent program adopted by 
the State or another jurisdiction with au-
thority over the local educational agency; 
(G) a description of the steps that the 
State will take to ensure that local educational 
agencies receiving subgrants under this part 
will adequately maintain any facilities that are 
modernized, renovated, or repaired with such 
subgrant funds; and 
(H) such additional information and assur-
ances as the Secretary may require. 
(b) LOCAL APPLICATION.—A local educational agen-
cy that is eligible under section 223(b)(1) that desires to 
receive a grant under this part shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information and assurances as the Secretary 
may require, which shall include— 
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(1) a description of how the local educational 
agency will meet the deadlines and requirements of 
this part; 
(2) a description of the steps that the local edu-
cational agency will take to adequately maintain any 
facilities that are modernized, renovated, or repaired 
with funds under this part; and 
(3) such additional information and assurances 
as the Secretary may require. 
SEC. 226. USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds awarded to local edu-
cational agencies under this part shall be used only for 
either or both of the following modernization, renovation, 
or repair activities in facilities that are used for elemen-
tary or secondary education or for early learning pro-
grams: 
(1) Direct payments for school modernization, 
renovation, or repair. 
(2) To pay interest on bonds or payments for 
other financing instruments that are newly issued 
for the purpose of financing school modernization, 
renovation, or repair. 
(b) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this part shall be used to supplement, and 
not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds that 
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would otherwise be expended to modernize, renovate, or 
repair eligible school facilities. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—Funds awarded to local edu-
cational agencies under this part may not be used for— 
(1) new construction; 
(2) payment of routine maintenance costs; or 
(3) modernization, renovation, or repair of sta-
diums or other facilities primarily used for athletic 
contests or exhibitions or other events for which ad-
mission is charged to the general public. 
SEC. 227. PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9501 of the ESEA (20 
U.S.C. 7881) shall apply to this part in the same manner 
as it applies to activities under that Act, except that— 
(1) such section 9501 shall not apply with re-
spect to the title to any real property modernized, 
renovated, or repaired with assistance provided 
under this part; 
(2) educational services or other benefits funded 
under this part for private schools shall be provided 
only to private, nonprofit elementary or secondary 
schools with a rate of child poverty of at least 40 
percent and may include only— 
(A) modifications of school facilities nec-
essary to meet the standards applicable to pub-
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lic schools under the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 
(B) modifications of school facilities nec-
essary to meet the standards applicable to pub-
lic schools under section 504 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); and 
(C) asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls 
abatement or removal from school facilities; and 
(3) expenditures for services provided using 
funds made available under section 226 shall be con-
sidered equal for purposes of section 9501(a)(4) of 
the ESEA if the per-pupil expenditures for services 
described in paragraph (2) for students enrolled in 
private, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools 
that have child-poverty rates of at least 40 percent 
are consistent with the per-pupil expenditures under 
this part for children enrolled in the public schools 
of the local educational agency receiving funds under 
this part. 
(b) REMAINING FUNDS.—If the expenditure for serv-
ices described in subsection (a)(2) is less than the amount 
calculated under subsection (a)(3) because of insufficient 
need for those services, the remainder shall be available 
to the local educational agency for modernization, renova-
tion, or repair of its school facilities. 
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(c) APPLICATION.—If any provision of this section, 
or the application thereof, to any person or circumstance 
is judicially determined to be invalid, the remainder of the 
section and the application to other persons or cir-
cumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 228. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) 24-MONTH PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds 
appropriated under section 222 shall be available for obli-
gation by local educational agencies receiving grants from 
the Secretary under section 223(b)(1), by States reserving 
funds under section 224(a), and by local educational agen-
cies receiving subgrants under section 224(b)(1) only dur-
ing the period that ends 24 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) 36-MONTH PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds 
appropriated under section 222 shall be available for obli-
gation by local educational agencies receiving subgrants 
under section 224(b)(2) only during the period that ends 
36 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF GEPA.—Section 439 of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b) shall 
apply to funds available under this part. 
(d) LIMITATION.—For purposes of section 223(b)(1), 
Hawaii, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico are not local educational agencies. 
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PART II—COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 229. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY COL-
LEGE MODERNIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) GRANT
PROGRAM.—From the amounts 
made available under subsection (h), the Secretary 
shall award grants to States to modernize, renovate, 
or repair existing facilities at community colleges. 
(2) ALLOCATION.— 
(A) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amount made 
available to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall reserve— 
(i) up to 0.25 percent for grants to in-
stitutions that are eligible under section 
316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059c) to provide for mod-
ernization, renovation, and repair activities 
described in this section; and 
(ii) up to 0.25 percent for grants to 
the outlying areas to provide for mod-
ernization, renovation, and repair activities 
described in this section. 
(B) ALLOCATION.—After reserving funds 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall al-
locate to each State that has an application ap-
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rant the full allocation of the funds, shall be 
proportionately reallocated under this para-
graph to the other States that have a dem-
onstrated need for, and are receiving, alloca-
tions under this section. 
(D) STATE
ADMINISTRATION.—A State 
that receives a grant under this section may use 
not more than one percent of that grant to ad-
minister it, except that no State may use more 
than $750,000 of its grant for this purpose. 
(3) SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Funds 
made available under this section shall be used to 
supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, 
and local funds that would otherwise be expended to 
modernize, renovate, or repair existing community 
college facilities. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A State that desires to receive a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information and assurances as the Secretary may re-
quire. Such application shall include a description of— 
(1) how the funds provided under this section 
will improve instruction at community colleges in the 
State and will improve the ability of those colleges 
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to educate and train students to meet the workforce 
needs of employers in the State; 
(2) the projected start of each project and the 
estimated number of persons to be employed in the 
project; and 
(3) the cost of each project and the total 
amount of funds requested for each project and for 
all projects. 
(c) PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No funds awarded under 
this section may be used for— 
(A) payment of routine maintenance costs; 
(B) construction, modernization, renova-
tion, or repair of stadiums or other facilities 
primarily used for athletic contests or exhibi-
tions or other events for which admission is 
charged to the general public; or 
(C) construction, modernization, renova-
tion, or repair of facilities— 
(i) used for sectarian instruction, reli-
gious worship, or a school or department 
of divinity; or 
(ii) in which a substantial portion of 
the functions of the facilities are subsumed 
in a religious mission. 
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(2) 
FOUR-YEAR
INSTITUTIONS.—No 
funds 
awarded to a four-year public institution of higher 
education under this section may be used for any fa-
cility, service, or program of the institution that is 
not available to students who are pursuing a degree 
or certificate that is not a bachelor’s, master’s, pro-
fessional, or other advanced degree. 
(d) GREEN PROJECTS.—In providing assistance to 
community college projects under this section, the State 
shall consider the extent to which a community college’s 
project involves activities that are certified, verified, or 
consistent with the applicable provisions of— 
(1) the LEED Green Building Rating System; 
(2) Energy Star; 
(3) the CHPS Criteria, as applicable; 
(4) Green Globes; or 
(5) an equivalent program adopted by the State 
or the State higher education agency that includes 
a verifiable method to demonstrate compliance with 
such program. 
(e) APPLICATION OF GEPA.—Section 439 of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b) shall 
apply to funds available under this section. 
(f) REPORTS BY THE STATES.—Each State that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall, not later than Sep-
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