seq.) and the Educational Technical Assistance Act 
of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) shall be trans-
ferred to the Department of the Treasury. 
SEC. 4. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES. 
(a) ELEMENTARY
AND
SECONDARY
EDUCATION 
STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall carry out a program under which the Sec-
retary makes allocations to States to support ele-
mentary and secondary education, including career 
and technical education. 
(2) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The allocations 
made by the Secretary of Treasury to each State 
under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be in an 
amount that bears the same relationship to the 
amount appropriated to carry out this subsection for 
the fiscal year as the number of students in kinder-
garten through grade 12 who were enrolled in pub-
lic, private, and home schools in the State for the 
previous fiscal year bears to the number of such stu-
dents in all States for the previous fiscal year. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives an 
allocation under this subsection shall use such fund-
ing for any purpose relating to early childhood, ele-
mentary, or secondary education. 
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(b) POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION
STATE
BLOCK 
GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall carry out a program under which the Sec-
retary makes allocations to States to support post-
secondary education. 
(2) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The allocations 
made by the Secretary of Treasury to each State 
under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be in an 
amount that bears the same relationship to the 
amount appropriated to carry out this subsection for 
the fiscal year as the number of students who were 
enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions in 
the State for the previous fiscal year bears to the 
number of such students in all States for the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
(c) BLOCK GRANT CONDITIONS.—As a condition of 
receiving a block grant under this subsection, a State shall 
provide the Secretary of Treasury with an assurance that 
the State will carry out each of the following: 
(1) Submitting student data to the Secretary of 
Treasury, annually, as requested by the Secretary of 
Treasury and as necessary for executing the pro-
gram under this section. 
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(2) Completing of annual audits that conform 
to generally accepted accounting principles, auditing 
procedures, and safeguarding of funds that conform 
to chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Single Audit Act of 1984’’) 
and submitting the results of such audits to the Sec-
retary of Treasury. 
(3) Complying with all applicable Federal civil 
rights laws, including those described in section 5. 
(d) MISUSED OR MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS.—If the 
Secretary of Treasury finds that any funds under this sec-
tion have been misused or misappropriated by the State, 
the Secretary of the Treasury— 
(1) may require repayment of the misused 
funds and withhold Federal funds under this section 
for the next fiscal year; or 
(2) may reach a voluntary resolution agreement 
with that State. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying areas; and 
(2) the term ‘‘outlying area’’ means American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Is-
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lands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of 
Palau. 
SEC. 5. CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. 
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Jus-
tice shall be responsible for receiving complaints and oth-
erwise enforcing and carrying out Federal civil rights laws 
that are applicable to the grant programs under section 
4 and the programs described in paragraphs (4) through 
(7) of section 3, including— 
(1) section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); 
(2) title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); or 
(3) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
sections 3, 4, and 5, an amount equal to the total amount 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2019, of which— 
(1) not more than 50 percent shall be used to 
award block grants to States under section 4; and 
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(2) not more than 20 percent shall be used for 
the administration and oversight required by Federal 
agencies under this Act. 
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