I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 865 
To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. SCOTT
of Virginia (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN 
of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASE, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
COSTA, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ENGEL, 
Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 
GONZALEZ
of Texas, Mr. GREEN
of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
HAALAND, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. HECK, Ms. HILL 
of California, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. JOHN-
SON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. 
KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 
RICHMOND, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. RYAN, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. SAR-
BANES, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT 
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of Georgia, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of 
Alabama, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, 
Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. UNDER-
WOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. 
WILD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, and Ms. STEVENS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the long-term improvement of public school 
facilities, 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—GRANTS FOR THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT OF 
PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES 
Sec. 101. Purpose and reservation. 
Sec. 102. Allocation to States. 
Sec. 103. Need-based grants to qualified local educational agencies. 
Sec. 104. Annual report on grant program. 
Sec. 105. Authorization of Appropriations. 
TITLE II—SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS 
Sec. 201. Restoration of certain qualified tax credit bonds. 
Sec. 202. School infrastructure bonds. 
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Sec. 203. Annual report on bond program. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Allowable uses of funds. 
Sec. 302. Prohibited uses. 
Sec. 303. Green Practices. 
Sec. 304. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products. 
Sec. 305. Comptroller general report. 
Sec. 306. Study and report physical condition of public schools. 
Sec. 307. Development of data standards. 
Sec. 308. Information clearinghouse. 
TITLE IV—IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 401. Temporary increase in funding for impact aid construction. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
the Senate. 
(2) BUREAU-FUNDED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘Bu-
reau-funded school’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021). 
(3) COVERED
FUNDS.—The term ‘‘covered 
funds’’ means funds received— 
(A) under title I of this Act; 
(B) from a school infrastructure bond; or 
(C) from a qualified zone academy bond 
(as such term is defined in section 54E of the 
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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as restored by 
section 201)). 
(4) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(5) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) 
except that such term does not include a Bureau- 
funded school. 
(6) PUBLIC
SCHOOL
FACILITIES.—The term 
‘‘public school facilities’’ means the facilities of a 
public elementary school or a public secondary 
school. 
(7) QUALIFIED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘qualified local educational agency’’ 
means a local educational agency that receives funds 
under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.). 
(8) SCHOOL
INFRASTRUCTURE
BOND.—The 
term ‘‘school infrastructure bond’’ has the meaning 
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given such term in section 54BB of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 202). 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
TITLE 
I—GRANTS 
FOR 
THE 
LONG-TERM 
IMPROVEMENT 
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILI-
TIES 
SEC. 101. PURPOSE AND RESERVATION. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Funds made available under this title 
shall be for the purpose of supporting long-term improve-
ments to public school facilities in accordance with this 
Act. 
(b) RESERVATION FOR OUTLYING AREAS AND BU-
REAU-FUNDED SCHOOLS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2029, the Secretary shall reserve, 
from the amount appropriated to carry out this 
title— 
(A) one-half of 1 percent, to provide assist-
ance to the outlying areas; and 
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