School Building Improvement Act of 2017
Latest action · Jul 31, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4621-4622)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2017
This bill authorizes additional grant funding and tax-favored bonds to be used for the repair, renovation, and construction of public elementary and secondary schools.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 31, 2017 to Nov 26, 2018; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jul 31, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Aug 1, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jan 3, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jan 4, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jan 4, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jan 8, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Nov 26, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jul 31, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4621-4622)
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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction of public elementary schools and secondary schools, to establish a school infrastructure bond program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- School Building Improvement Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Building construction
- Buy American requirements
- Congressional oversight
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Income tax credits
- Indian social and development programs
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Rural conditions and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
