I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4495 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees 
full funding under current formulas to local educational agencies in 
which the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of the land. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2007 
Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to ensure that the Impact Aid program of the 
Department of Education guarantees full funding under 
current formulas to local educational agencies in which 
the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of 
the land. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FULL FUNDING FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES IN WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT OWNS AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THE 
LAND. 
(a) PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF REAL 
PROPERTY.—Section 8002 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) ENTITLEMENT
OF
CERTAIN
LOCAL
EDU-
CATIONAL
AGENCIES
TO
FULL
FUNDING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title, the Secretary 
shall, each fiscal year, for each eligible local educational 
agency at least 50 percent of the land of which is Federal 
property eligible under this section, do the following: 
‘‘(1) Identify— 
‘‘(A) the amount that the local educational 
agency is to receive under the other provisions 
of this section; and 
‘‘(B) the full amount that the local edu-
cational agency would receive under this section 
if payments under this section were fully fund-
ed. 
‘‘(2) If the amount under paragraph (1)(A) is 
less than the amount under paragraph (1)(B), trans-
fer, from amounts available to the Secretary for 
other purposes, funds sufficient to make up the dif-
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ference, and add those funds to the amount paid to 
the local educational agency under this section.’’. 
(b) BASIC PAYMENTS; PAYMENTS FOR HEAVILY IM-
PACTED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—Section 8003 
of that Act (20 U.S.C.7703) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) ENTITLEMENT
OF
CERTAIN
LOCAL
EDU-
CATIONAL
AGENCIES
TO
FULL
FUNDING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title, the Secretary 
shall, each fiscal year, for each eligible local educational 
agency at least 50 percent of the land of which is Federal 
property eligible under this section, do the following: 
‘‘(1) Identify— 
‘‘(A) the amount that the local educational 
agency is to receive under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) the full amount that the local edu-
cational agency would receive under subsection 
(b) if payments under that subsection were fully 
funded. 
‘‘(2) If the amount under paragraph (1)(A) is 
less than the amount under paragraph (1)(B), trans-
fer, from amounts available to the Secretary for 
other purposes, funds sufficient to make up the dif-
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ference, and add those funds to the amount paid to 
the local educational agency under subsection (b).’’. 
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