US Congress Senate Bill 266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S743-744)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, and restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds. 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 FY2023 for the Impact Aid Construction program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S743-744)

HB865 (Same As) 2020-12-21 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.
HB2 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/266/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s266/BILLS-116s266is.pdf