I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4602 
To authorize the full funding of part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act by making certain spending cuts to the Department of Defense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Mr. POLIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the full funding of part B of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act by making certain spend-
ing cuts to the Department of Defense. 
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 ‘‘Defending Special 
Education Students and Families Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART B 
OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES 
EDUCATION ACT. 
Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(i)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this part, other than section 619, 
there are authorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(1) $14,820,549,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(2) $18,299,715,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(3) $22,595,623,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(4) $27,900,008,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(5) $34,499,611,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2023 and each subsequent 
fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) the number of children with disabil-
ities in the prior school year in the States, out-
lying areas, and freely associated States who re-
ceived special education and related services— 
‘‘(i) aged 3 through 5 if the States, 
outlying areas, and freely associated States 
are eligible for a grant under section 619; 
and 
‘‘(ii) aged 6 through 21; multiplied by 
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‘‘(B) 40 percent of the average per-pupil 
expenditure in public elementary schools and 
secondary schools in the United States; ad-
justed by 
‘‘(C) the rate of annual change in the sum 
of 85 percent of such State’s, outlying areas, 
and freely associated State’s population de-
scribed in subsection (d)(3)(A)(i)(II).’’. 
SEC. 3. REDIRECTION OF DEFENSE SPENDING FOR DOMES-
TIC PROGRAMS. 
(a) CHANGES TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM-
ITS.—Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2018.—In paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), relating to 
spending in the revised security category, by in-
serting ‘‘(decreased by $14,820,549,000)’’ after 
the dollar amount; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), relating to 
spending in the revised nonsecurity category, by 
inserting ‘‘(increased by $14,820,549,000)’’ 
after the dollar amount. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2019.—In paragraph (6)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), relating to 
spending in the revised security category, by in-
serting ‘‘(decreased by $18,299,715,000)’’ after 
the dollar amount; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), relating to 
spending in the revised nonsecurity category, by 
inserting ‘‘(increased by $18,299,715,000)’’ 
after the dollar amount. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—In paragraph (7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), relating to 
spending in the revised security category, by in-
serting ‘‘(decreased by $22,595,623,000)’’ after 
the dollar amount; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), relating to 
spending in the revised nonsecurity category, by 
inserting ‘‘(increased by $22,595,623,000)’’ 
after the dollar amount. 
(4) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—In paragraph (8)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), relating to 
spending in the revised security category, by in-
serting ‘‘(decreased by $27,900,008,000)’’ after 
the dollar amount; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), relating to 
spending in the revised nonsecurity category, by 
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inserting ‘‘(increased by $27,900,008,000)’’ 
after the dollar amount. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATION.—From 
amounts made available for programs within the ‘‘revised 
nonsecurity category’’ pursuant to subsection (a), the fol-
lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated in ac-
cordance with the amendment made by section 2(a)— 
(1) $14,820,549,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
(2) $18,299,715,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
(3) $22,595,623,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
(4) $27,900,008,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
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