104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1045
AN ACT
To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to eliminate
the National Education Standards and Improvement
Council, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
STANDARDS AND IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.
(a) REPEALS.—Subsection (b) of section 241, sec-
tions 211 through 218 of Part B of title II, and section
316 of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act (20 U.S.C.
5841 et seq.) are repealed.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMER-
ICA ACT.—
(1) Section 201(3) of the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act (20 U.S.C. 5812(3)) is amended by
striking all that follows after ‘‘opportunity-to-learn
standards’’ and inserting a period.
(2) Section 203(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5823(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) and
(4) and by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
(3) Section 204(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5824) is amended by striking ‘‘described in section
213(f)’’.
(4) Section 219 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5849)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘con-
sistent with the provisions of section 213(c),’’;
and
(B) by striking subsection (b) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—Each consortium that desires
to receive a grant under this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information and assurances as the
Secretary may require.’’.
(5) Section 220(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5850(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘to be used’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘by the Council’’.
(6) Section 221(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5851(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘and the Council’’; and
(ii) striking subparagraph (B) and
(C) and redesignating subparagraph (D)
as subparagraph (B); and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and the
Council, as appropriate,’’.
(7) Section 308(b)(2)(A) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 5888(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘in-
cluding—’’ and all that follows through the end of
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘including through consor-
tia of States’’.
(8) Section 314(a)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
5894(a)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘, if—’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘if’’.
(9) Section 315 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5895)
is amended in subsection (b)—
(A) paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (3)’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2);
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re-
spectively;
(D) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3)
(as redesignated), by striking ‘‘paragraph (5),’’
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4),’’; and
(E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’.
(c) NATIONAL SKILL STANDARDS ACT OF 1994.—
(1) Section 503 of the National Skill Standards
Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 5933) is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘28’’ and
inserting ‘‘27’’;
(II) by striking subparagraph
(D); and
(III) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (E) through (G) as subpara-
graphs (D) through (F), respectively;
(ii) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), by
striking ‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and
(G)’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F)’’;
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (F)’’;
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking
‘‘(C), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (C)’’;
and
(v) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (5), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (E), (F), or (G)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (D), (E), or (F)’’;
and
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (D)’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), and
(F)’’.
(2) Section 504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5934)
is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (f); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f).
(d) AMENDMENT TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Section 14701(b)(1)(B)(v) of
such the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8941(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘the National
Education Goals Panel’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘, and the National Education
Statistics and Improvement Council’’.
(d) AMENDMENT TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROVI-
SIONS ACT.—Section 428 of the General Education Provi-
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1228b), as amended by section 237
of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–382), is amended by striking ‘‘the National Edu-
cation Standards and Improvement Council,’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
The table of contents for the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act is amended, in the items relating to title II,
by striking the items relating to sections 211 through 218
of part B of such title and the item relating to section
316.
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H.R. 1045
AN ACT
To amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to
eliminate the National Education Standards and
Improvement Council, and for other purposes.