IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 786 
Supporting the designation of September 30, 2025, as ‘‘Impact Aid Recogni-
tion Day’’ to recognize and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the Impact Aid program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2025 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. THOMP-
SON of California, Mr. BACON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BOST, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. WILLIAMS
of Texas, Mr. CASE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, and Mr. LEVIN) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the designation of September 30, 2025, as ‘‘Im-
pact Aid Recognition Day’’ to recognize and celebrate 
the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Impact 
Aid program. 
Whereas September 30, 2025, marks the 75th anniversary of 
the date on which President Harry S. Truman signed the 
Act of September 30, 1950 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Impact Aid Act’’) (64 Stat. 1100; chapter 1124), which 
established the Impact Aid program; 
Whereas the community served by the Impact Aid program 
considers the Impact Aid program to be the ‘‘original’’ 
Federal elementary and secondary education program; 
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Whereas the Impact Aid program is administered by the Sec-
retary of Education; 
Whereas the Impact Aid program reimburses local edu-
cational agencies for the loss of revenue and other costs 
associated with the presence of tax-exempt Federal prop-
erty within the boundaries of those local educational 
agencies; 
Whereas payments under the Impact Aid program are dis-
persed directly to local educational agencies, which allo-
cate those payments based on local context and needs to 
provide a quality education to the students served by 
those local educational agencies; 
Whereas, in 2025, more than 600,000 children, including 
children of individuals in the uniformed services (as de-
fined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code), chil-
dren residing on Indian lands, children in low-rent public 
housing, and children of civilians working or living on 
Federal land, are ‘‘federally connected children’’ who are 
served by local educational agencies that are eligible for 
basic support payments under the Impact Aid program; 
Whereas, in 2025, there are 4,700,000 acres of federally 
owned land within the boundaries of local educational 
agencies for which those local educational agencies are el-
igible to receive Federal property payments under the 
Impact Aid program; 
Whereas, in fiscal year 2025, $1,625,151,000 will be provided 
under the Impact Aid program to approximately 1,100 
local educational agencies that together enroll more than 
8,000,000 students; 
Whereas, in 1965, Congress passed the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), 
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which amended the Act of September 30, 1950 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Impact Aid Act’’) (64 Stat. 1100; 
chapter 1124); 
Whereas, in 1994, Congress passed the Improving America’s 
Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382; 108 Stat. 
3518), which repealed the Act of September 30, 1950 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Impact Aid Act’’) (64 Stat. 
1100; chapter 1124), and codified the Impact Aid pro-
gram in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 
Whereas Congress has continued to demonstrate support for 
the Impact Aid program by reauthorizing that program 
16 times between 1950 and 2020; 
Whereas, to formalize and energize the broad, bipartisan sup-
port for the Impact Aid program, the Senate Impact Aid 
Coalition was established in 1996, the House Impact Aid 
Coalition was established in 1995, and the 2 coalitions 
were reorganized into the Congressional Impact Aid Cau-
cus in 2025; and 
Whereas the Federal obligation on which the Impact Aid pro-
gram is based is the same in September 2025 as it was 
when the Impact Aid program was established 75 years 
before, in September 1950: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports ‘‘Impact Aid Recognition Day’’ to 
recognize the 75th anniversary of the establishment 
of the Impact Aid program; and 
(2) recognizes the importance of— 
(A) the Impact Aid program under title 
VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
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cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); 
and 
(B) the objective of that program to ensure 
that all children educated in Federally impacted 
school districts receive a high-quality education 
and have access to the opportunities needed to 
reach their full potential. 
Æ 
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