HR 865 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 30, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 21, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2019

This bill provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school facility improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds, and providing assistance for repair of school foundations affected by pyrrhotite.

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 FY2024 for the Impact Aid Construction program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Cosponsors 213

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Jul 1, 2020, with 152 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalJan 30, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJan 30, 2019
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalJan 30, 2019
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Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 21, 2020Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
  2. Dec 21, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.
  3. Dec 21, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-684, Part I.
  4. Feb 26, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Feb 26, 2019Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 20.
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Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2Moving Forward ActRelated billJul 20, 2020
S 266Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019Identical billJan 29, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 21, 2020Reported in House
  2. Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House

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