{"format":1,"id":"117-s-2959","congress":117,"number":"S. 2959","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to provide that, due to disruptions caused by COVID-19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2023 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2022 application.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to provide that, due to disruptions caused by COVID-19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2023 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2022 application."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-83","introduced":"2021-10-07","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-01-18","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h10","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act","result":"Passed","yea":414,"nay":6,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll010.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2021-12-13","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S9125)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-01-21"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-83.","date":"2022-01-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-01-21","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill revises the Impact Aid Program application process for FY2023."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count or federal property valuation data from their FY2022 program applications, as applicable, for their FY2023 program applications. The program provides funding to LEAs that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases)."}],"words":96},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets which data local educational agencies may use in their fiscal year 2023 Impact Aid applications under sections 7002 and 7003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, citing the COVID-19 public health emergency.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr#id2f92782e82e74394ab263491adead769:~:text=2.%20Impact%20Aid%20Program"}]},"core_areas":["Data used in fiscal year 2023 Impact Aid Program applications"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Names the Act the \"Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr#S1:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"}},{"text":"Applies, notwithstanding sections 7002(j) and 7003(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to a local educational agency that seeks a fiscal year 2023 payment under section 7002 or 7003 and also applied for fiscal year 2022.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr#id2f92782e82e74394ab263491adead769:~:text=2.%20Impact%20Aid%20Program"}},{"text":"For a requested section 7002 payment, directs the agency to use either the data it submitted in its fiscal year 2022 application or the data that section 7002(j) requires for fiscal year 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr#id2f92782e82e74394ab263491adead769:~:text=2.%20Impact%20Aid%20Program"}},{"text":"For a requested section 7003 payment, directs the agency to use either the student count data from its fiscal year 2022 application or the student count data that section 7003(c) requires for the fiscal year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr#id2f92782e82e74394ab263491adead769:~:text=2.%20Impact%20Aid%20Program"}},{"text":"If an agency uses its fiscal year 2022 student count data for section 7003, requires the Secretary to calculate the fiscal year 2023 payment using the expenditures and rates in section 7003(b)(1)(C)(i) through (iv) that would otherwise apply for fiscal year 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr#id2f92782e82e74394ab263491adead769:~:text=2.%20Impact%20Aid%20Program"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2959/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-2959.png","v":"e3108004d536","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 2959, 117th Congress: Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act. House: 414 Yea, 6 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 21 Jan 2022."}}