Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2022

H.R. 604 · 117th Congress · Jan 28, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2022”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:

(1)

Appropriate congressional committees— The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate.

(2)

Bureau-funded school— The term “Bureau-funded school” has the meaning given that term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021).

(3)

Covered funds— The term “covered funds” means funds received—

(A)

under title I of this Act;

(B)

from a school infrastructure bond; or

(C)

from a qualified zone academy bond (as such term is defined in section 54E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as restored by section 201)).

(4)

ESEA terms— The terms “elementary school”, “outlying area”, and “secondary school” have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

(5)

Local educational agency— The term “local educational agency” has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) except that such term does not include a Bureau-funded school.

(6)

Public school facilities— The term “public school facilities” means the facilities and grounds of a public elementary school or a public secondary school.

(7)

Qualified local educational agency— The term “qualified local educational agency” means a local educational agency that receives funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).

(8)

School infrastructure bond— The term “school infrastructure bond” has the meaning given such term in section 54BB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 202).

(9)

Secretary— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.

(10)

State— The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(11)

Net zero energy school— The term “net zero energy school” means a public elementary school or public secondary school that—

(A)

generates renewable energy on-site; and

(B)

on an annual basis, exports an amount of such renewable energy that equals or exceeds the total amount of renewable energy that is delivered to the school from outside sources.

Lineage

Jan 28, 2021viewing Reported in House Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crow, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delgado, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. McBath, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Ms. Omar, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Ross, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mrs. Luria) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 See what changed
Jan 28, 2021 Introduced in House Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crow, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delgado, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. McBath, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Ms. Omar, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Ross, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mrs. Luria) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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

Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2022

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Definitions

Cite this provision

Incoming references