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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4861 
To require that commanders of military installations verify the reporting 
of eligible federally connected children for purposes of Federal impact 
aid programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2021 
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require that commanders of military installations verify 
the reporting of eligible federally connected children for 
purposes of Federal impact aid programs. 
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 ‘‘Counting Overlooked 
Base Impact Aid Act’’ or the ‘‘COBIA Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF REPORTING OF ELIGIBLE FEDER-
ALLY CONNECTED CHILDREN FOR PURPOSES 
OF FEDERAL IMPACT AID PROGRAMS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—On an annual basis, each com-
mander of a military installation under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of a military department shall submit to 
such Secretary a written certification verifying whether 
the commander has confirmed the information contained 
in all impact aid source check forms received from local 
educational agencies as of the date of such certification. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later June 30 of each year, each 
Secretary of a military department shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report, based on the 
information received under subsection (a), that identi-
fies— 
(1) each military installation under the jurisdic-
tion of such Secretary that has confirmed the infor-
mation contained in all impact aid source check 
forms received from local educational agencies as of 
the date of the report; and 
(2) each military installation that has not con-
firmed the information contained in such forms as of 
such date. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) Term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘impact aid source check form’’ 
means a form submitted to a military installation by 
a local educational agency to confirm the number 
and identity of children eligible to be counted for 
purposes of the Federal impact aid program under 
section 7003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)). 
(3) 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). 
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