HR 1342 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Local Taxpayer Relief Act

Introduced Apr 4, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Mazie K. Hirono D-HI

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Latest action · Apr 15, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 4, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Local Taxpayer Relief Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property when appropriations for a fiscal year are insufficient to provide them with full compensation.

Prohibits an LEA from being paid amounts for federal ownership of property that exceeds its total current expenditures in the second prior fiscal year.

Changes the method for calculating the value of federal property located in an LEA's area.

Alters the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for eligible federally-connected children.

Includes not only children in average daily attendance, but also those enrolled pursuant to a state open enrollment policy. Continues an LEA's eligibility for such payments while activities associated with military base closures and realignments or force structure changes or relocations are ongoing. Allows the calculation of such payments using current student counts instead of prior fiscal year data when LEAs experience a specified influx of new federally-connected students due to federal activities or the closure of an LEA that was receiving Impact Aid due to federally-connected children.

Requires the Secretary of Education to allow LEAs to count their federally-connected children using the date they register their students for the fiscal year for which their application is filed.

Alters the formula for determining the construction payments due LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments.

Divides 80% of the construction funds evenly between LEAs impacted by military dependent children and LEAs impacted by children residing on Indian lands, with the remainder reserved for emergency repair and modernization grants to LEAs serving Indian lands or experiencing a specified influx of new students due to federal activities.

Alters the formula for determining whether a state's plan for equalizing assistance to its LEAs will except it from the prohibition on state aid to LEAs being affected by Impact Aid payments.

Requires new LEAs applying for Impact Aid to have boundaries established by state law and the authority to tax or receive an imputed local tax.

Directs the Secretary to complete Impact Aid payments to eligible LEAs within three fiscal years of their appropriation.

Reauthorizes appropriations for the Impact Aid program.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2011 to Jun 21, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-SDKristi L. NoemOriginalApr 4, 2011
D-NJAlbio SiresApr 15, 2011
D-CABob FilnerApr 15, 2011
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersApr 15, 2011
D-HIColleen HanabusaApr 15, 2011
D-MNCollin C. PetersonApr 15, 2011
R-AKDon YoungApr 15, 2011
D-CADoris O. MatsuiApr 15, 2011
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanApr 15, 2011
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Apr 15, 2011
D-CAMichael M. HondaApr 15, 2011
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaApr 15, 2011
D-WARick LarsenApr 15, 2011
R-ILRobert J. DoldApr 15, 2011
D-NJRush HoltApr 15, 2011
D-NVShelley BerkleyApr 15, 2011
D-OHTim RyanApr 15, 2011
R-MOVicky HartzlerApr 15, 2011
D-WAJay InsleeMay 3, 2011
D-ILJerry F. CostelloMay 3, 2011
R-TNScott DesJarlaisMay 3, 2011
R-MTDenny RehbergMay 10, 2011
R-TXMichael C. BurgessMay 10, 2011
R-NJJon RunyanMay 26, 2011
D-CALynn C. WoolseyJun 3, 2011
D-NYWilliam L. OwensJun 3, 2011
D-CAJim CostaJul 25, 2011
R-ILJudy BiggertAug 1, 2011
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottAug 23, 2011
D-ILBobby L. RushOct 5, 2011
R-NELee TerryOct 5, 2011
R-ILAdam KinzingerOct 13, 2011
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Oct 13, 2011
R-AZPaul A. GosarOct 13, 2011
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOct 27, 2011
D-COJared PolisOct 27, 2011
R-PAPatrick MeehanFeb 27, 2012
D-NJSteven R. RothmanFeb 29, 2012
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Mar 27, 2012
R-TXJohn R. CarterMay 10, 2012
D-CALois CappsJun 21, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Apr 4, 2011
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Apr 15, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Apr 4, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Apr 4, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2276, E625-626)
  4. Apr 4, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
House · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E625, H2276Mazie K. Hirono D-HIApr 4, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2292.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To reauthorize the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Short Titles as Introduced
Local Taxpayer Relief Act

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 4, 2011Introduced in House

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