Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-2098
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2014-03-06
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education programs funding

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Idaho

Montana

Parks, recreation areas, trails

State and local finance

User charges and fees

Wyoming
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act - Ratifies and approves all payments made to the school districts serving Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming between the beginning of FY1976 and the enactment of this Act as reimbursement for educational facilities furnished by those districts to certain students who are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the Park and living at or near it.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2098 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2014 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Walsh ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To ratify and approve certain payments to school districts serving Yellowstone National Park.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act . 2. Ratification of payments to school districts serving Yellowstone National Park All payments made to school districts under the first section of the Act of June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 338, chapter 417; 16 U.S.C. 40a), during the period beginning in fiscal year 1976 and ending on the date of enactment of this Act are ratified and approved, notwithstanding the payments made under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to the units of general local government.