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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4473 
Making appropriations for the Department of Education for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2004 
Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. 
HOYER, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of Rhode Island, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 
in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of Education for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Education for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2005, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A 
of 
the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965, 
$22,764,788,000, of which $15,180,373,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2005, and shall remain available 
through 
September 
30, 
2006, 
and 
of 
which 
$7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2005, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2006, for academic year 2005–2006: Provided, That 
$7,271,228,000 shall be available for basic grants under 
section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Edu-
cation on October 1, 2004, to obtain updated educational- 
agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the 
Census: Provided further, That $1,365,031,000 shall be 
available for concentration grants under section 1124A: 
Provided further, That $5,931,871,000 shall be available 
for targeted grants under section 1125: Provided further, 
That $5,931,871,000 shall be available for education fi-
nance incentive grants under section 1125A: Provided fur-
ther, That $233,613,000 shall be available for comprehen-
sive school reform grants under part F of the ESEA: Pro-
vided further, That $9,500,000 shall be available to carry
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out part E of title I: Provided further, That from the funds 
available to carry out part A of title I, up to $1,000,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Education to provide 
technical assistance to State and local educational agen-
cies concerning part A of title I. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$1,335,527,000, of which $1,128,618,000 shall be for 
basic 
support 
payments 
under 
section 
8003(b), 
$51,000,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-
abilities under section 8003(d), $65,936,000 shall be for 
construction under section 8007 and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2006, $82,072,000 shall be 
for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 
$7,901,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for facilities maintenance under section 8008. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles II, part B of title IV, part A and sub-
parts 6 and 9 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title 
VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; sections 203 and 205
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of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $7,333,583,000, of which 
$5,455,867,00 shall become available on July 1, 2005, and 
remain available through September 30, 2006, and of 
which $1,435,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2005, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2006, for academic year 2005–2006: Provided, That funds 
made available to carry out part B of title VII of the 
ESEA may be used for construction, renovation and mod-
ernization of any elementary school, secondary school, or 
structure related to an elementary school or secondary 
school, run by the Department of Education of the State 
of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 
student body: Provided further, That from the funds re-
ferred to in the preceding proviso, not less than 
$1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Department of Edu-
cation of the State of Hawaii for the activities described 
in such proviso: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA may 
be used for construction: Provided further, That 
$490,000,000 shall be for subpart 1 of part A of title VI 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $27,657,000 shall 
be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used to carry out section 5494 under the
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ESEA: Provided further, That $4,939,000 shall be avail-
able to extend for one additional year the contract for the 
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and 
Science Education authorized under section 2102(a)(2) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
prior it its amendment by the No Child Left Behind Act 
of 2001, Public Law 107–110. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 
not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $120,856,000. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by parts G and 
H of title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of 
title II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $973,379,000: Provided, That $74,073,000 
for continuing and new grants to demonstrate effective ap-
proaches to comprehensive school reform shall become 
available on July 1, 2005, and remain available through 
September 30, 2006, and shall be allocated and expended 
in the same manner as the funds provided under the Fund 
for the Improvement of Education for this purpose were 
allocated and expended in fiscal year 2004: Provided fur-
ther, That $7,000,000 shall be available to carry out sec-
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tion 2151(c) of the ESEA, which shall be provided to the 
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Pro-
vided further, That $37,279,000 shall be for subpart 2 of 
part B of title V: Provided further, That $251,383,000 
shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the 
ESEA. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 
of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 
3 and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), title VIII–D 
of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and Public 
Law 102–73, $927,372,000, of which $488,773,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2005, and remain available 
through September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the 
amount available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of 
the ESEA, $850,000 shall be used to continue the Na-
tional Recognition Awards program under the same guide-
lines outlined by section 120(f) of Public Law 105–244: 
Provided further, That $463,920,000 shall be available for 
subpart 1 of part A of title IV and $279,880,000 shall 
be available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of which 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence 
program to provide education-related services to local edu-
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cational agencies in which the learning environment has 
been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis: Pro-
vided further, That $130,077,000 shall be available to 
carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That of the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of part 
C of title II, up to $11,852,000 may be used to carry out 
section 2345 and $2,962,000 shall be used by the Center 
for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive pro-
gram to improve public knowledge, understanding, and 
support of the Congress and the State legislatures: Pro-
vided further, That $24,853,000 shall be for Youth Of-
fender Grants, of which $4,971,000 shall be used in ac-
cordance with section 601 of Public law 102–73 as that 
section was in effect prior to enactment of Public Law 
105–220: Provided further, That of the funds available to 
carry out subpart 10 of part D of title V, up to $2,000,000 
may be used to support the Special Olympics. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$750,000,000, of which $660,454,000 shall become avail-
able on July 1, 2005, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2006: Provided, That funds reserved under 
section 3111(c)(1)(D) of the ESEA that are not used in 
accordance with section 3111(c)(2) may be added to the
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funds that are available July 1, 2005 through September 
30, 2006, for State allotments under section 3111(c)(3). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out parts B, C, and D of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act, $13,376,101,000, of 
which $7,760,447,000 shall become available for obliga-
tion on July 1, 2005, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2006, and of which $5,413,000,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2005, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2006, for academic year 
2005–2006: Provided, That $11,333,000 shall be for Re-
cording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the develop-
ment, production, and circulation of recorded educational 
materials: Provided further, That $1,491,000 shall be for 
the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105–78 
under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide informa-
tion on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for 
children with disabilities: Provided further, That the 
amount for section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal to the 
amount available for that section during fiscal year 2004, 
increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 
611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
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nology Act of 1998 (‘‘the AT Act’’), and the Helen Keller 
National Center Act, $3,068,764,000. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $17,223,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $55,800,000, of which 
$1,685,000 shall be for construction and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 
funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 
et seq.), $105,400,000: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the University may at its discretion use 
funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207.
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VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 1998, the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act, and subparts 4 and 11 of part D of title V 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $2,187,365,000, of which $1,377,726,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2005, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2006, and of which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2005, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2006: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not 
require the use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants 
issued pursuant to section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vo-
cational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided for Adult Education 
State Grants, $72,220,000 shall be made available for in-
tegrated English literacy and civics education services to 
immigrants and other limited English proficient popu-
lations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved for 
integrated English literacy and civics education, notwith-
standing section 211 of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based 
on a State’s absolute need as determined by calculating
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each State’s share of a 10-year average of the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted 
for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent 
years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced 
growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent 
years for which Immigration and Naturalization Service 
data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent resi-
dence are available, except that no State shall be allocated 
an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available for the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act, $9,169,000 shall be for national 
leadership activities under section 243 and $6,692,000 
shall be for the National Institute of Literacy under sec-
tion 242: Provided further, That $183,908,000 shall be 
available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Pro-
vided further, That $173,967,000 shall be available to sup-
port the activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D 
of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965, of which up to 5 percent shall become available 
October 1, 2004, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2006, for evaluation, technical assistance, 
school networking, peer review of applications, and pro-
gram outreach activities, and of which not less than 95 
percent shall become available on July 1, 2005, and re-
main available through September 30, 2006, for grants
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to local educational agencies: Provided further, That funds 
made available to local education agencies under this sub-
part shall be used only for activities related to establishing 
smaller learning communities in high schools. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part 
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, $17,281,931,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2006. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2005–2006 shall be $4,500. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to 
funds made available under section 458), to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 
B, C, D and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $139,639,000. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amend-
ed, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1992, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1998, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Per-
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kins 
Vocational 
and 
Technical 
Education 
Act, 
$2,192,790,000, of which $1,500,000 for interest sub-
sidies authorized by section 121 of the HEA shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $9,876,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2006, shall be 
available to fund fellowships for academic year 2006–2007 
under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under 
the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided 
further, That $988,000 is for data collection and evalua-
tion activities for programs under the HEA, including 
such activities needed to comply with the Government Per-
formance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and 
section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and 
study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici-
pating in advanced foreign language training and inter-
national studies in areas that are vital to United States 
national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of gov-
ernment, the professions, or international development: 
Provided further, That up to 1 percent of the funds re-
ferred to in the preceding proviso may be used for pro-