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(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
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memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act may be used to— 
(a) implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, 
or enforce Executive Order No. 13690, entitled ‘‘Estab-
lishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and 
a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stake-
holder Input’’ (issued January 30, 2015), until such time 
as each affected agency–— 
(1) publically releases and submits to the ap-
propriate Congressional committees an implementa-
tion plan that identifies all specific agency respon-
sibilities and program changes, including an assess-
ment of the near term and long term costs and ben-
efits of the responsibilities and changes identified in 
such plan and
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(2) seeks public comment on any regulation, 
policy, or guidance to implement Executive Order 
No. 13690 for not less than 180 days and holds at 
least one public hearing; or 
(b) implement Executive Order No. 13690 in a man-
ner that modifies the non-grant components of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Program under the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.); or 
(c) apply Executive Order No. 13690 or the Federal 
Flood Risk Management Standard by any component of 
the Department of Defense, including the Army Corps of 
Engineers in a way that changes the ‘‘floodplain’’ consid-
ered when determining whether or not to issue a permit 
under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 10 of the Act of March 
3, 1899 (chapter 425, 30 Stat. 1151; 33 U.S.C. 403). 
SEC. 746. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs;
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
requests of local funds under this title through November 
7, 2017. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
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for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of
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the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 
of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting
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on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster-
ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 
illegal drug. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by any officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation 
to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with 
the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I sub-
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stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for 
recreational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by any officer or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia government shall be expended for any abortion ex-
cept where the life of the mother would be endangered if 
the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is 
the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2017 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
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lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
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grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2017 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2017 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2018, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing
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resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2018 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 2018 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2018 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2018.
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(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2018 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2018 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 
2013 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget 
Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19–321)
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is hereby repealed, and any provision of law amended or 
repealed by such Act shall be restored or revived as if such 
Act had not been enacted into law. 
(b)(1) Section 450 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (sec. 1–204.50, D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
General Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—The General Fund’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION
OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS 
PROCESS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as cre-
ating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund de-
scribed in subsection (a). All funds provided for the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal 
year basis through the Federal appropriations process. 
For each fiscal year, the District shall be subject to all 
applicable requirements of subchapter III of chapter 13 
and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘Anti-Deficiency Act’), the 
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and all other require-
ments and restrictions applicable to appropriations for 
such fiscal year.’’.
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(2) Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1–206.03(a), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘existing’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘, or as authorizing the Dis-
trict of Columbia to make any such change.’’. 
(3) The amendments made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act. 
SEC. 818. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
TITLE IX 
SOAR REAUTHORIZATION ACT 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthoriza-
tion Act’’ or the ‘‘SOAR Reauthorization Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES IN TITLE.—Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment is 
expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered 
to be made to that section or other provision of the Schol-
arships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of
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Public Law 112–10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official 
Code). 
SEC. 902. REPEAL. 
Section 817 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113) is repealed, and any provision 
of law amended or repealed by such section is restored 
or revived as if such section had not been enacted into 
law. 
SEC. 903. PURPOSES. 
Section 3003 (sec. 38–1853.03, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by striking ‘‘particularly parents’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘, with’’ and inserting ‘‘particularly par-
ents of students who attend an elementary school or sec-
ondary school identified as one of the lowest-performing 
schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability 
system, with’’. 
SEC. 904. PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON TYPES 
OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN 
THE PROGRAM. 
Section 3004(a) (sec. 38–1853.04(a), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON 
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PRO-
GRAM.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
program under this division, the Secretary may 
not limit the number of eligible students receiv-
ing scholarships under section 3007(a), and 
may not prevent otherwise eligible students 
from participating in the program under this 
division, based on any of the following: 
‘‘(i) The type of school the student 
previously attended. 
‘‘(ii) Whether or not the student pre-
viously received a scholarship or partici-
pated in the program, including whether 
an eligible student was awarded a scholar-
ship in any previous year but has not used 
the scholarship, regardless of the number 
of years of nonuse. 
‘‘(iii) Whether or not the student was 
a member of the control group used by the 
Institute of Education Sciences to carry 
out previous evaluations of the program 
under section 3009. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in subparagraph (A) may be construed to waive 
the requirement under section 3005(b)(1)(B) 
that the eligible entity carrying out the program
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under this Act must carry out a random selec-
tion process, which gives weight to the priorities 
described in section 3006, if more eligible stu-
dents seek admission in the program than the 
program can accommodate.’’. 
SEC. 905. REQUIRING ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO UTILIZE IN-
TERNAL FISCAL AND QUALITY CONTROLS. 
Section 3005(b)(1) (sec. 38–1853.05(b)(1), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, except 
that a participating school may not be required to 
submit to more than 1 site visit per school year’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (K) and 
(L) as subparagraphs (L) and (M), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) how the entity will ensure the finan-
cial viability of participating schools in which 
85 percent or more of the total number of stu-
dents enrolled at the school are participating el-
igible students that receive and use an oppor-
tunity scholarship;’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated by 
paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(N) how the eligible entity will ensure 
that it— 
‘‘(i) utilizes internal fiscal and quality 
controls; and 
‘‘(ii) complies with applicable financial 
reporting requirements and the require-
ments of this division; and’’. 
SEC. 906. CLARIFICATION OF PRIORITIES FOR AWARDING 
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. 
Section 3006(1) (sec. 38–1853.06(1), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘attended’’ 
and all that follows through the semicolon and in-
serting ‘‘attended an elementary school or secondary 
school identified as one of the lowest-performing 
schools under the District of Columbia’s account-
ability system; and’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(4) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end 
and inserting ‘‘or whether such students have, in the 
past, attended a private school;’’.
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SEC. 907. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICI-
PATING SCHOOLS AND ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; COMPLIANCE 
WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3007(a)(4) 
(sec. 38–1853.07(a)(4), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(F) ensures that, with respect to core 
subject matter, participating students are 
taught by a teacher who has a baccalaureate 
degree or equivalent degree, whether such de-
gree was awarded in or outside of the United 
States;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) conducts criminal background checks 
on school employees who have direct and unsu-
pervised interaction with students; and 
‘‘(H) complies with all requests for data 
and information regarding the reporting re-
quirements described in section 3010.’’. 
(b) ACCREDITATION.—Section 3007(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection 
(a), is further amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(5)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds 
provided under this division for opportunity 
scholarships may be used by a participating eli-
gible student to enroll in a participating private 
school unless the school— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a school that is a 
participating school as of the date of en-
actment of the SOAR Reauthorization 
Act— 
‘‘(I) is fully accredited by an ac-
crediting body described in any of 
subparagraphs (A) through (G) of 
section 2202(16) of the District of 
Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 
(Public 
Law 
104–134; 
sec. 
38– 
1802.02(16)(A)–(G), 
D.C. 
Official 
Code); or 
‘‘(II) if such participating school 
does not meet the requirements of 
subclause (I)—
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‘‘(aa) not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of 
the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (Public Law 114– 
113), the school is pursuing full 
accreditation by an accrediting 
body described in subclause (I); 
and 
‘‘(bb) is fully accredited by 
such an accrediting body not 
later than 5 years after the date 
on which that school began the 
process of pursuing full accredi-
tation in accordance with item 
(aa); and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a school that is not 
a participating school as of the date of en-
actment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, 
is fully accredited by an accrediting body 
described in clause (i)(I) before becoming a 
participating school under this division. 
‘‘(B) REPORTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—Not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, each partici-
pating school shall submit to the eligible entity
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a certification that the school has been fully ac-
credited in accordance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ASSISTING STUDENTS IN ENROLLING 
IN OTHER SCHOOLS.—If a participating school 
fails to meet the requirements of this para-
graph, the eligible entity shall assist the parents 
of the participating eligible students who attend 
the school in identifying, applying to, and en-
rolling in another participating school under 
this division. 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF STUDENTS AWARDED A 
SCHOLARSHIP IN A PREVIOUS YEAR.—An eligible en-
tity shall treat a participating eligible student who 
was awarded an opportunity scholarship in any pre-
vious year and who has not used the scholarship as 
a renewal student and not as a new applicant, with-
out regard as to— 
‘‘(A) whether the eligible student has used 
the scholarship; and 
‘‘(B) the year in which the scholarship was 
previously awarded.’’. 
(c) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOBLI-
GATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3007 (sec. 38– 
1853.07, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOB-
LIGATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent that any 
funds appropriated for the opportunity scholarship 
program under this division for any fiscal year re-
main available for subsequent fiscal years under sec-
tion 3014(c), the Secretary shall make such funds 
available to eligible entities receiving grants under 
section 3004(a) for the uses described in paragraph 
(2)— 
‘‘(A) in the case of any remaining funds 
that were appropriated before the date of enact-
ment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, begin-
ning on the date of enactment of such Act; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of any remaining funds 
appropriated on or after the date of enactment 
of such Act, by the first day of the first subse-
quent fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—If an eligible entity to 
which the Secretary provided additional funds under 
paragraph (1) elects to use such funds during a fis-
cal year, the eligible entity shall use—
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‘‘(A) not less than 95 percent of such addi-
tional funds to provide additional scholarships 
for eligible students under section 3007(a), or 
to increase the amount of the scholarships, dur-
ing such year; and 
‘‘(B) not more than a total of 5 percent of 
such additional funds for administrative ex-
penses, parental assistance, or tutoring, as de-
scribed in subsections (b) and (c), during such 
year. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Any amounts made avail-
able for administrative expenses, parental assistance, 
or tutoring under paragraph (2)(B) shall be in addi-
tion to any other amounts made available for such 
purposes in accordance with subsections (b) and 
(c).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of en-
actment of this title. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
AND PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 3007 (sec. 38– 
1853.07, D.C. Official Code), as amended by this section, 
is further amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in-
serting the following:
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‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
AND PARENTAL 
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make $2,000,000 of 
the amount made available under section 3014(a)(1) for 
each fiscal year available to eligible entities receiving a 
grant under section 3004(a) to cover the following ex-
penses: 
‘‘(1) The administrative expenses of carrying 
out its program under this division during the year, 
including— 
‘‘(A) determining the eligibility of students 
to participate; 
‘‘(B) selecting the eligible students to re-
ceive scholarships; 
‘‘(C) determining the amount of the schol-
arships and issuing the scholarships to eligible 
students; 
‘‘(D) compiling and maintaining financial 
and programmatic records; 
‘‘(E) conducting site visits as described in 
section 3005(b)(1)(I); and 
‘‘(F)(i) conducting a study, including a 
survey of participating parents, on any barriers 
for participating eligible students in gaining ad-
mission to, or attending, the participating 
school that is their first choice; and
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‘‘(ii) not later than the end of the first full 
fiscal year after the date of enactment of the 
SOAR Reauthorization Act, submitting a report 
to Congress that contains the results of such 
study. 
‘‘(2) The expenses of educating parents about 
the eligible entity’s program under this division, and 
assisting parents through the application process 
under this division, including— 
‘‘(A) providing information about the pro-
gram and the participating schools to parents 
of eligible students, including information on 
supplemental financial aid that may be available 
at participating schools; 
‘‘(B) providing funds to assist parents of 
students in meeting expenses that might other-
wise preclude the participation of eligible stu-
dents in the program; and 
‘‘(C) streamlining the application process 
for parents.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d), and sub-
section (e) (as added by subsection (c)(1)), as sub-
sections (c) and (d), respectively. 
(e) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR STU-
DENT ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE.—Section 3007(c) (sec. 38–