IV 
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 pro-
gram into law; 
Whereas the Impact Aid Program is considered by the com-
munity it serves as the ‘‘original’’ Federal elementary 
and secondary education program, and is administered by 
the Secretary of Education; 
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•HRES 1641 IH 
Whereas Impact Aid is designed to reimburse local edu-
cational agencies for the loss of traditional revenue due 
to the presence of tax-exempt property or Federal activ-
ity; 
Whereas Impact Aid payments are allocated directly to local 
educational agencies in lieu of lost local tax dollars to as-
sist 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 chil-
dren’’ 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 eligi-
ble 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 Im-
pact 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 estab-
lished in 1996 to formalize and energize the broad, bipar-
tisan 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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•HRES 1641 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes and celebrates the 60th anniver-
sary of the enactment of the Impact Aid program 
(Public Law 81–874), the original Federal elemen-
tary and secondary education program, as ‘‘Impact 
Aid Recognition Day’’; 
(2) recognizes the importance of the Impact Aid 
program (which is currently in title VIII of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)) in ensuring that federally con-
nected children (including children of members of 
the Armed Forces, children residing on Indian lands, 
children in low-rent public housing, and children of 
civilians working or living on Federal land) receive 
a high-quality public education; and 
(3) 
recommends 
that 
federally 
connected 
schools and the communities they serve recognize 
Impact Aid Recognition Day and carry out appro-
priate activities centered on the Federal Govern-
ment’s obligation to federally connected children and 
the need for continuing funding. 
Æ 
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