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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1206
To transfer the impact aid program to the Department of the Treasury
and to provide for the procurement of services by nongovernmental per-
sonnel for the performance of the functions of the impact aid program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1999
Mr. TERRY (for himself and Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Education and
the Workforce
A BILL
To transfer the impact aid program to the Department of
the Treasury and to provide for the procurement of
services by nongovernmental personnel for the perform-
ance of the functions of the impact aid program.
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 ‘‘Impact Aid Revitaliza-
tion Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF IMPACT AID PROGRAM FROM DE-
PARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEPARTMENT
OF THE TREASURY.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There are hereby
transferred to the Department of the Treasury all func-
tions that the Secretary of Education exercised on the day
before the effective date specified in section 4 (including
all related functions of any officer or employee of the De-
partment of Education) that relate to the administration
or enforcement of the impact aid program under title VIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).
(b) TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND FUNDS.—Consistent
with section 1531 of title 31, United States Code, the as-
sets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unex-
pended balances of appropriations, authorizations, alloca-
tions, and other funds that relate to the functions trans-
ferred under subsection (a) from the Department of Edu-
cation shall be transferred to the Department of the
Treasury. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this
subsection shall be used by the Department of the Treas-
ury only for the purposes for which the funds were origi-
nally authorized and appropriated.
(c) REFERENCES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8013 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7713) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(13) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’
means the Secretary of the Treasury.’’.
(2) OTHER REFERENCES.—After the transfer
of functions from the Department of Education
under subsection (a), any reference in any other
Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, docu-
ment, or other material to the Department of Edu-
cation or the Secretary of Education in connection
with the administration or enforcement of the im-
pact aid program shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Department of the Treasury or the Secretary
of the Treasury, respectively.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—The transfer of functions
from the Department of Education under subsection (a)
shall not affect—
(1) an order, determination, rule, regulation,
permit, agreement, grant, contract, certificate, li-
cense, registration, privilege, or other administrative
action issued, made, granted, or otherwise in effect
or final with respect to the Department of Education
on the day before the transfer date with respect to
the transferred functions; or
(2) any suit commenced with regard to the De-
partment of Education, and any other proceeding
(including a notice of proposed rulemaking), or any
application for any license, permit, certificate, or fi-
nancial assistance pending before the Department of
Education on the day before the transfer date with
respect to the transferred functions.
SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES BY NONGOVERN-
MENTAL PERSONNEL TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE IMPACT AID PRO-
GRAM.
The Secretary may, in accordance with applicable ad-
ministrative regulation or policy, competitively procure by
contract the services of nongovernmental personnel for the
performance of the functions of the impact aid program,
in whole or in part, determined by the Secretary to be
more efficient under subsection (a)(1).
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the earlier of—
(1) the date that is 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act; and
(2) such date during that 180-day period as the
President may direct in an Executive order.
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