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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 369 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for the elimination of the Department of Education, and for |
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| 6 | 6 | | other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OUZERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To provide for the elimination of the Department of |
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| 14 | 14 | | Education, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘States’ Education Rec-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | lamation Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) Principles of federalism embodied in the 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Constitution of the United States entrust authority 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | over issues of educational policy to the States and 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | the people and a Federal Department of Education 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | is inconsistent with such principles. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) Tradition and experience dictate that the 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | governance and management of schools in the 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | United States are best performed by parents, teach-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ers, and communities. 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) The education of the Nation’s students is 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | suffering under a managerial government. 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) The Department of Education has weak-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ened the ability of parents to make essential deci-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | sions about their children’s education and has un-11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | dermined the capacity of communities to govern 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | their schools. 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) In the 41 years of its existence, the Depart-14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ment of Education has grown from a budget of $14 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | billion to almost $73.5 billion in annual discre-16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tionary appropriations administering around 100 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | programs. Meanwhile, education performance for 17- 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | year-olds has stagnated since 1971. 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (6) The Department of Education has fostered 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | overregulation, standardization, bureaucratization, 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and litigation in United States education. 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (7) The Department of Education expends 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | large amounts of money on its own maintenance and 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | overhead. While the average national salary for pub-25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | lic school teachers is $61,730 the average salary for 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | a Department of Education employee is $112,724. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (8) In certain States, the average State salary 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | for a public school teacher is less than the national 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | average. In North Carolina, the average salary for a 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | public school teacher is $53,975. 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (9) Recent tests reflect poor results in mathe-7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | matics, science, and reading for American students 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | compared with students from other nations. 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (10) Only through initiatives led by parents and 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | local communities with the power to act can the 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | United States elevate educational performance to-12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ward an acceptable level. 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (11) The current system of top-down education 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | uniformity is detrimental to local businesses and 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | communities, the economic needs of the States, and 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Nation’s ability to compete globally for jobs. 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (12) The Department of Education has been 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | hostile to many promising reforms, including re-19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | forms that would empower parents, teachers, and 20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | local communities. The United States, once a labora-21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | tory of innovation through the experiments of the 22 |
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| 78 | 78 | | States, is moving toward education standardization 23 |
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| 79 | 79 | | that does not consider the individual educational 24 |
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| 80 | 80 | | needs of our diverse population of students. 25 |
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| 84 | 84 | | SEC. 3. ABOLITION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | The Department of Education is abolished, and, with 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the exception of the programs transferred under section 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | 7, any program for which the Secretary of Education or 4 |
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| 88 | 88 | | the Department of Education has administrative responsi-5 |
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| 89 | 89 | | bility as provided by law or by delegation of authority pur-6 |
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| 90 | 90 | | suant to law is repealed, including each program under 7 |
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| 91 | 91 | | the following: 8 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (1) The Department of Education Organization 9 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.). 10 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (2) The General Education Provisions Act (20 11 |
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| 95 | 95 | | U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). 12 |
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| 96 | 96 | | SEC. 4. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ELEMENTARY AND SEC-13 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ONDARY AND FOR POSTSECONDARY EDU-14 |
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| 98 | 98 | | CATION PROGRAMS. 15 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (a) I |
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| 100 | 100 | | NGENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 16 |
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| 101 | 101 | | this Act, each State is entitled to receive from the Sec-17 |
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| 102 | 102 | | retary of the Treasury, by not later than July 1 of the 18 |
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| 103 | 103 | | preceding fiscal year— 19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (1) a grant for fiscal year 2025 and each suc-20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ceeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2033, that is 21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | equal to the amount of funds appropriated for the 22 |
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| 107 | 107 | | State for Federal elementary school and secondary 23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | school programs for fiscal year 2025 (except for the 24 |
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| 109 | 109 | | funds appropriated for fiscal year 2025 for such pro-25 |
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| 113 | 113 | | grams for such State that are being transferred 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | under section 7); and 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (2) a grant for fiscal year 2025 and each suc-3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ceeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2033, that is 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | equal to the amount of funds appropriated for the 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | State for Federal postsecondary education programs 6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | for fiscal year 2025 (except for the funds appro-7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | priated for fiscal year 2025 for such programs for 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | such State that are being transferred under section 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | 7). 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (b) A |
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| 124 | 124 | | PPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | there are appropriated for fiscal years 2025 through 2033, 13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | such sums as are necessary for grants under subsection 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (a). 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (c) R |
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| 130 | 130 | | EQUIREMENTS RELATING TOINTERGOVERN-16 |
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| 131 | 131 | | MENTALFINANCING.—The Secretary of the Treasury 17 |
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| 132 | 132 | | shall make the transfer of funds under grants under sub-18 |
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| 133 | 133 | | section (a) directly to each State in accordance with the 19 |
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| 134 | 134 | | requirements of section 6503 of title 31, United States 20 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Code. 21 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (d) E |
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| 137 | 137 | | XPENDITURE OFFUNDS.—Amounts received by 22 |
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| 138 | 138 | | a State under this section for any fiscal year shall be ex-23 |
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| 139 | 139 | | pended by the State in such fiscal year or in the suc-24 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ceeding fiscal year. 25 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (e) USE OFFUNDS.—Funds made available to a 1 |
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| 145 | 145 | | State— 2 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (1) under subsection (a)(1), shall be used by 3 |
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| 147 | 147 | | the State for any elementary or secondary education 4 |
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| 148 | 148 | | purpose permitted by State law, including increases 5 |
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| 149 | 149 | | in teacher salaries; and 6 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (2) under subsection (a)(2), shall be used by 7 |
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| 151 | 151 | | the State for any postsecondary education purpose 8 |
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| 152 | 152 | | permitted by State law. 9 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (f) S |
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| 154 | 154 | | UPPLEMENT, NOTSUPPLANT.—A grant received 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | under subsection (a) shall only be used to supplement the 11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | amount of funds that would, in the absence of such grant, 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | be made available from non-Federal sources for elemen-13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | tary school and secondary school programs or postsec-14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ondary education programs, and not to supplant those 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | funds. 16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (a) A |
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| 163 | 163 | | UDITS.— 18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (1) C |
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| 165 | 165 | | ONTRACT WITH APPROVED AUDITING EN -19 |
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| 166 | 166 | | TITY.—Not later than October 1, 2025, and annu-20 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ally thereafter, a State shall contract with an ap-21 |
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| 168 | 168 | | proved auditing entity (as defined under paragraph 22 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (3)(B)) for purposes of conducting an audit under 23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | paragraph (2) (with respect to the fiscal year ending 24 |
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| 171 | 171 | | September 30 of such year). 25 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (2) AUDIT REQUIREMENT .—Under a contract 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | under paragraph (1), an approved auditing entity 2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | shall conduct an audit of the expenditures or trans-3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | fers made by a State from amounts received under 4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | a grant under section 4, with respect to the fiscal 5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | year which such audit covers, to determine the ex-6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | tent to which such expenditures and transfers were 7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | expended in accordance with section 4. 8 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (3) E |
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| 184 | 184 | | NTITY CONDUCTING AUDIT .— 9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (A) I |
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| 186 | 186 | | N GENERAL.—With respect to a 10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | State, the audit under paragraph (2) shall be 11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | conducted by an approved auditing entity in ac-12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cordance with generally accepted auditing prin-13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ciples. 14 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (B) A |
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| 192 | 192 | | PPROVED AUDITING ENTITY .—For 15 |
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| 193 | 193 | | purposes of this section, the term ‘‘approved 16 |
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| 194 | 194 | | auditing entity’’ means, with respect to a State, 17 |
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| 195 | 195 | | an entity that is— 18 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (i) approved by the Secretary of the 19 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Treasury; 20 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (ii) approved by the chief executive of-21 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ficer of the State; and 22 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (iii) independent of any Federal, 23 |
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| 201 | 201 | | State, or local agency. 24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (4) SUBMISSION OF AUDIT .—Not later than 1 |
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| 206 | 206 | | April 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, a State 2 |
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| 207 | 207 | | shall submit the results of the audit under para-3 |
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| 208 | 208 | | graph (2) (with respect to the fiscal year ending on 4 |
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| 209 | 209 | | September 30 of such year) to the State legislature 5 |
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| 210 | 210 | | and to the Secretary of the Treasury. 6 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (b) R |
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| 212 | 212 | | EIMBURSEMENT AND PENALTY.—If, through an 7 |
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| 213 | 213 | | audit conducted under subsection (a), an approved audit-8 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ing entity finds that a State violated the requirements of 9 |
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| 215 | 215 | | subsection (d) or (e) of section 4, the State shall pay to 10 |
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| 216 | 216 | | the Treasury of the United States 100 percent of the 11 |
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| 217 | 217 | | amount of State funds that were used in violation of sec-12 |
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| 218 | 218 | | tion 4 as a penalty. Insofar as a State fails to pay any 13 |
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| 219 | 219 | | such penalty, the Secretary of the Treasury shall offset 14 |
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| 220 | 220 | | the amount not so paid against the amount of any grant 15 |
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| 221 | 221 | | otherwise payable to the State under this Act. 16 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (c) A |
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| 223 | 223 | | NNUALREPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (1) I |
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| 225 | 225 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 18 |
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| 226 | 226 | | 2026, and annually thereafter, each State shall sub-19 |
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| 227 | 227 | | mit to the Secretary of the Treasury and the State 20 |
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| 228 | 228 | | legislature a report on the activities carried out by 21 |
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| 229 | 229 | | the State during the most recently completed fiscal 22 |
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| 230 | 230 | | year with funds received by the State under a grant 23 |
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| 231 | 231 | | under section 4 for such fiscal year. 24 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (2) CONTENT.—A report under paragraph (1) 1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | shall, with respect to a fiscal year— 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (A) contain the results of the audit con-3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ducted by an approved auditing entity for a 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | State for such fiscal year, in accordance with 5 |
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| 240 | 240 | | the requirements of subsection (a) of this sec-6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | tion; 7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (B) specify the amount of the grant made 8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | to the State under section 4; and 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (C) be in such form and contain such other 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | information as the State determines is nec-11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | essary to provide— 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (i) an accurate description of the ac-13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tivities conducted by the State for the pur-14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | pose described under section 4; and 15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (ii) a complete record of the purposes 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | for which amounts were expended in ac-17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | cordance with this section. 18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (3) P |
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| 254 | 254 | | UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A State shall make 19 |
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| 255 | 255 | | copies of the reports required under this section 20 |
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| 256 | 256 | | available on a public website and shall make copies 21 |
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| 257 | 257 | | available in other formats upon request. 22 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (d) F |
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| 259 | 259 | | AILURETOCOMPLYWITHREQUIREMENTS.— 23 |
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| 260 | 260 | | The Secretary of the Treasury shall not make any pay-24 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ment to a State under a grant authorized by section 4— 25 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (1) if an audit for a State is not submitted as 1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | required under subsection (a) during the period be-2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | tween the date such audit is due and the date on 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | which such audit is submitted; 4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (2) if a State fails to submit a report as re-5 |
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| 270 | 270 | | quired under subsection (c) during the period be-6 |
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| 271 | 271 | | tween the date such report is due and the date on 7 |
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| 272 | 272 | | which such report is submitted; or 8 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (3) if a State violates a requirement of section 9 |
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| 274 | 274 | | 4 during the period beginning on the date the Sec-10 |
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| 275 | 275 | | retary becomes aware of such violation and the date 11 |
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| 276 | 276 | | on which such violation is corrected by the State. 12 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (e) A |
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| 278 | 278 | | DMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION AND OVER-13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | SIGHT.— 14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (1) L |
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| 281 | 281 | | IMITED ROLE FOR SECRETARY OF THE 15 |
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| 282 | 282 | | TREASURY.—The authority of the Secretary of the 16 |
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| 283 | 283 | | Treasury under this Act is limited to— 17 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (A) promulgating regulations, issuing 18 |
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| 285 | 285 | | rules, or publishing guidance documents to the 19 |
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| 286 | 286 | | extent necessary for purposes of implementing 20 |
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| 287 | 287 | | subsection (a)(3)(B), subsection (b), and sub-21 |
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| 288 | 288 | | section (d); 22 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (B) making payments to the States under 23 |
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| 290 | 290 | | grants under section 4; 24 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (C) approving entities under subsection 1 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (a)(3)(B) for purposes of the audits required 2 |
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| 296 | 296 | | under subsection (a); 3 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (D) withholding payment to a State of a 4 |
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| 298 | 298 | | grant under subsection (d) or offsetting a pay-5 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ment of such a grant to a State under sub-6 |
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| 300 | 300 | | section (b); and 7 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (E) exercising the authority relating to 8 |
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| 302 | 302 | | nondiscrimination that is specified in section 9 |
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| 303 | 303 | | 6(b). 10 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (2) L |
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| 305 | 305 | | IMITED ROLE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .— 11 |
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| 306 | 306 | | The authority of the Attorney General to supervise 12 |
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| 307 | 307 | | the amounts received by a State under section 4 is 13 |
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| 308 | 308 | | limited to the authority under section 6(b). 14 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (f) R |
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| 310 | 310 | | ESERVATION OF STATEPOWERS.—Nothing in 15 |
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| 311 | 311 | | this section shall be construed to limit the power of a 16 |
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| 312 | 312 | | State, including the power of a State to pursue civil and 17 |
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| 313 | 313 | | criminal penalties under State law against any individual 18 |
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| 314 | 314 | | or entity that misuses, or engages in fraud or abuse re-19 |
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| 315 | 315 | | lated to, the funds provided to a State under section 4. 20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | SEC. 6. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS. 21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (a) N |
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| 318 | 318 | | ODISCRIMINATIONAGAINSTINDIVIDUALS.— 22 |
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| 319 | 319 | | No individual shall be excluded from participation in, de-23 |
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| 320 | 320 | | nied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under, 24 |
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| 321 | 321 | | any program or activity funded in whole or in part with 25 |
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| 325 | 325 | | amounts paid to a State under section 4 on the basis of 1 |
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| 326 | 326 | | such individual’s— 2 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (1) disability under section 504 of the Rehabili-3 |
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| 328 | 328 | | tation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); 4 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (2) sex under title IX of the Education Amend-5 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); or 6 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (3) race, color, or national origin under title VI 7 |
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| 332 | 332 | | of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d 8 |
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| 333 | 333 | | et seq.). 9 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (b) C |
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| 337 | 337 | | N GENERAL.—If the Attorney General de-11 |
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| 338 | 338 | | termines that a State or an entity that has received 12 |
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| 339 | 339 | | funds from amounts paid to a State under a grant 13 |
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| 340 | 340 | | under section 4 has failed to comply with a provision 14 |
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| 341 | 341 | | of law referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of 15 |
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| 342 | 342 | | the Treasury shall notify the chief executive officer 16 |
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| 343 | 343 | | of the State of such failure to comply and shall re-17 |
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| 344 | 344 | | quest that such chief executive officer secure such 18 |
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| 345 | 345 | | compliance. 19 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (2) E |
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| 347 | 347 | | NFORCEMENT.—If, not later than 60 days 20 |
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| 348 | 348 | | after receiving notification under paragraph (1), the 21 |
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| 349 | 349 | | chief executive officer of a State fails or refuses to 22 |
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| 350 | 350 | | secure compliance with the provision of law referred 23 |
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| 351 | 351 | | to in such notification, the Attorney General may— 24 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (A) institute an appropriate civil action; or 25 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (B) exercise the powers and functions pro-1 |
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| 357 | 357 | | vided under section 505 of the Rehabilitation 2 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794a), title IX of the 3 |
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| 359 | 359 | | Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 360 | 360 | | 1681 et seq.), or title VI of the Civil Rights Act 5 |
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| 361 | 361 | | of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) (as applica-6 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ble). 7 |
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| 363 | 363 | | SEC. 7. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF EDU-8 |
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| 364 | 364 | | CATION PROGRAMS. 9 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (a) T |
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| 366 | 366 | | RANSFER OFCERTAINPROGRAMS.—Not later 10 |
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| 367 | 367 | | than 24 months after the date of the enactment of this 11 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Act— 12 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (1) each job training program under the juris-13 |
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| 370 | 370 | | diction of the Department of Education, including 14 |
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| 371 | 371 | | the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 15 |
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| 372 | 372 | | Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), shall be trans-16 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ferred to the Department of Labor; 17 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (2) each special education grant program under 18 |
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| 375 | 375 | | the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 19 |
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| 376 | 376 | | U.S.C. 1460 et seq.) shall be transferred to the De-20 |
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| 377 | 377 | | partment of Health and Human Services; 21 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (3) each Indian education program under the 22 |
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| 379 | 379 | | jurisdiction of the Department of Education shall be 23 |
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| 380 | 380 | | transferred to the Department of the Interior; 24 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (4) each Impact Aid program under title VIII 1 |
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| 385 | 385 | | of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2 |
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| 386 | 386 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) shall be transferred 3 |
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| 387 | 387 | | to the Department of Defense; 4 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (5) the Federal Pell Grant program under title 5 |
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| 389 | 389 | | IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 390 | 390 | | 1070a) shall be transferred to the Department of 7 |
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| 391 | 391 | | the Treasury; 8 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (6) each Federal student loan program under 9 |
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| 393 | 393 | | the jurisdiction of the Department of Education 10 |
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| 394 | 394 | | shall be transferred to the Department of the Treas-11 |
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| 395 | 395 | | ury; 12 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (7) each program under the jurisdiction of the 13 |
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| 397 | 397 | | Institute of Education Sciences shall be transferred 14 |
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| 398 | 398 | | to the Department of Health and Human Services; 15 |
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| 399 | 399 | | and 16 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (8) each program under the jurisdiction of the 17 |
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| 401 | 401 | | D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program shall be 18 |
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| 402 | 402 | | transferred to the Department of Health and 19 |
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| 403 | 403 | | Human Services. 20 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (b) L |
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| 405 | 405 | | IMITATION ONTRANSFER OFCERTAINPRO-21 |
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| 406 | 406 | | GRAMS.—The transfer of programs pursuant to subsection 22 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (a) is limited to only the transfer of administrative respon-23 |
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| 408 | 408 | | sibility as provided by law or the delegation of authority 24 |
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| 409 | 409 | | pursuant to law and does not extend to the transfer of 25 |
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| 414 | 414 | | carry out such programs. 2 |
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| 415 | 415 | | SEC. 8. GAO REPORT. 3 |
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| 416 | 416 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-4 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 5 |
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| 418 | 418 | | States shall submit to the Committee on Education and 6 |
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| 419 | 419 | | the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 7 |
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| 420 | 420 | | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 8 |
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| 421 | 421 | | the Senate report, which shall include— 9 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (1) a review and evaluation as to the feasibility 10 |
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| 423 | 423 | | of enhancing the ability of States and local commu-11 |
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| 424 | 424 | | nities to fund education by reducing the Federal tax 12 |
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| 425 | 425 | | burden and commensurately eliminating Federal 13 |
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| 426 | 426 | | Government involvement in providing grants for edu-14 |
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| 427 | 427 | | cation programs; and 15 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (2) an evaluation of the feasibility of the suc-16 |
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| 429 | 429 | | cessor Federal agencies for maintaining the pro-17 |
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| 430 | 430 | | grams to be transferred under section 7. 18 |
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| 431 | 431 | | SEC. 9. PLAN FOR CLOSURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU-19 |
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| 432 | 432 | | CATION. 20 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Not later than 365 days after the date of the enact-21 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Con-22 |
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| 435 | 435 | | gress a plan to implement closure of the Department of 23 |
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| 436 | 436 | | Education in accordance with this Act. 24 |
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| 440 | 440 | | SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 1 |
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| 441 | 441 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (1) E |
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| 443 | 443 | | LEMENTARY SCHOOL ; SECONDARY 3 |
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| 444 | 444 | | SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-4 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 5 |
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| 446 | 446 | | in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 6 |
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| 447 | 447 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 7 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (2) I |
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| 449 | 449 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .—The 8 |
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| 450 | 450 | | term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 9 |
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| 451 | 451 | | meaning given the term in section 102 of the Ele-10 |
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| 452 | 452 | | mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 11 |
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| 453 | 453 | | U.S.C. 1002). 12 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (3) S |
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| 455 | 455 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-13 |
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| 456 | 456 | | ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 14 |
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| 457 | 457 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 15 |
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