Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 152 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019Markup Feb 26, 2019Reported Dec 22, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019Discharged Dec 22, 2020 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-684, Part I.
- Dec 21, 2020Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 21, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.
- Feb 26, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 26, 2019Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 20.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2019Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E237 | Andy Levin D-MI | Feb 28, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8608 | Raul Ruiz D-CA | Oct 30, 2019 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 9, 2019H.R. 865, Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on February 26, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 19, January 30, 2019, page H1337.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-13 | COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEMBERS' DAY HEARING241 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | May 1, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-17 | EXAMINING THE POLICIES AND PRIORITIES OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION361 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Apr 10, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-3 | UNDERPAID TEACHERS AND CRUMBLING SCHOOLS: HOW UNDERFUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION SHORTCHANGES AMERICA'S STUDENTS267 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Feb 12, 2019 |
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45767 | The Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 (H.R. 865/S. 266): In Brief Archived | Report | Jun 12, 2019 |
Also cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41142 | School Construction and Renovation: A Review of Federal Programs and Legislation | Report | Aug 31, 2020 |
| R45268 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2019 Archived | Report | Aug 7, 2019 |
| R44266 | Effects of Buy America on Transportation Infrastructure and U.S. Manufacturing Archived | Report | Jul 2, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Moving Forward Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
| S 266 | Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jan 29, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- 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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2020Reported in House
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
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.
