Educational Opportunity for the 21st Century Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005

Bill: 108-hr-4473
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2004-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Adult education
Appropriations
Area studies
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Black colleges
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Building construction
Buy American
Capital investments
Child pornography
Civics education
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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Congress
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Department of Education
Desegregation in education
Disabled
District of Columbia
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Economic assistance
Education
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Educational accountability
Educational exchanges
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Educational statistics
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Elementary and secondary education
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Families
Federal aid to education
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Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Government Operations and Politics
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Government paperwork
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Hawaii
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Indian education
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Native Americans
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Olympic games
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Rehabilitation of the disabled
Religion
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Reprogramming of appropriated funds
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Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Self-help devices for the disabled
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Special education
Sports and Recreation
State legislatures
State taxation
Student aid
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Student loan funds
Subcontractors
Tax rates
Taxation
Teaching materials
Transportation and Public Works
Vocational and technical education
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: 
Educational Opportunity for the 21st Century Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Education for FY 2005. 
 
Includes specified amounts for various programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Assistive Technology Act of 1998, Helen Keller National Center Act, Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, and other education laws.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Education from implementing or enforcing for award year 2005-2006 any annual update to an allowance for State and other taxes in HEA need analysis to determine students' expected family contributions.
 
Provides for additional amounts for specified ESEA programs for disadvantaged students to be available for those local educational agencies that would otherwise receive, under the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2004, smaller allocations for FY 2004 than FY 2003.
 
Reduces by 55.7 percent the tax reduction for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes above $1,000,000 for 2004 resulting from enactment of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Introduced in House