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

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
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NV	Susie Lee	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Feb 5, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Feb 5, 2019
D-CA	Karen Bass		Feb 5, 2019
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Feb 5, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		Feb 8, 2019
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Feb 8, 2019
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Feb 11, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Feb 11, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Feb 11, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Feb 19, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Feb 19, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Feb 19, 2019
D-CT	John B. Larson		Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Mike Levin		Feb 26, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Mar 6, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Mar 12, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 12, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 12, 2019
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Mar 21, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Mar 21, 2019
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Mar 21, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 21, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Mar 21, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 28, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Apr 1, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Apr 1, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Apr 1, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Apr 12, 2019
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Apr 12, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Apr 25, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow		Apr 25, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 3, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		May 15, 2019
D-FL	Charlie Crist		May 21, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		May 21, 2019
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Jun 3, 2019
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jun 3, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jun 10, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Jun 18, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 17, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 30, 2019
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Jul 30, 2019
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Sep 16, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		Sep 27, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Oct 15, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster		Oct 21, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis		Oct 21, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Oct 21, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Oct 21, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Oct 23, 2019
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Oct 23, 2019
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Oct 23, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 23, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Oct 23, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Oct 28, 2019
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Nov 20, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Nov 20, 2019
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Nov 22, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jan 24, 2020
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Feb 7, 2020
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Jul 1, 2020

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.

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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

H. Rept. 116-684

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

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.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 21, 2020Reported in House
Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House

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