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SENATE 96117th CongressResolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1507)

A resolution designating March 8 through March 14, 2021, as "Women of the Aviation Workforce Week".

Last Action
3/11/2021

Actions

  • 2021-01-28Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S200-201)
  • 2021-01-28Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2021-01-28 (00)

Reopen and Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2021

This bill provides support for long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities.

First, the bill sets forth allocations to states and establishes a need-based grant program for local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve school facilities. Further, the bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including carrying out major repairs, improving indoor air quality, and making facilities accessible to disabled individuals.

Additionally, the bill requires LEAs that receive funds for new construction, modernization, or renovation projects to comply with hazard-resistance building codes and performance criteria under the WaterSense program of the Environmental Protection Agency. Further, the bill requires LEAs to adopt certain green practices (environmental standards) and requires the use of iron, steel, and manufactured products that are made in the United States (Buy America).

The bill restores school infrastructure tax credit bonds.

The bill also sets forth reporting requirements, including annual reports on grant program projects and a report by the Government Accountability Office that requires a study of the geographic distribution of projects, the impact of projects on student and staff health and safety, and the accessibility of projects to high-poverty schools.

Next, the bill extends through FY2026 the Impact Aid Construction program.

Finally, the bill establishes a grant program to assist LEAs with repairing or replacing concrete foundations affected by pyrrhotite (an iron sulfide material linked to crumbling foundations).

Cosponsors (20)

  • Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
  • Ben Cardin (D-MD)
  • Tina Smith (D-MN)
  • Cory Booker (D-NJ)
  • Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
  • Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
  • Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
  • Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
  • Ben Luján (D-NM)
  • Bob Casey (D-PA)
  • Richard Durbin (D-IL)
  • Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Maggie Hassan (D-NH)

Subjects

  • Academic performance and assessments
  • Air quality
  • Appropriations
  • Building construction
  • Buy American requirements
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Environmental health
  • Fires
  • Government information and archives
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