US HB865 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 213-1)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-21 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-21 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, and restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds. The bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including making major repairs of public school facilities and making public school facilities accessible to disabled individuals. The bill requires local education agencies to adopt certain green practices (environmental standards) and use products made in the United States (Buy America). The Department of Education must establish a clearinghouse to disseminate information to assist schools in initiating, developing, and financing energy efficiency projects, distributed generation projects, and energy retrofitting projects. The bill increases funding through FY2023 for the Impact Aid Construction program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Title
Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-12-21 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567. |
2020-12-21 | House | Committee on Ways and Means discharged. |
2020-12-21 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-684, Part I. |
2019-02-26 | House | Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 20. |
2019-02-26 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
2019-01-30 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education 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. |
2019-01-30 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education 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. |
2019-01-30 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB266 (Same As) 2019-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S743-744)
HB2 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Received in the Senate.
HB2 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Received in the Senate.
Subjects
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
U.S. territories and protectorates
Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
U.S. territories and protectorates