[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 406 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 406
Designating September 30, 2025, as ``Impact Aid Recognition Day'' to
recognize and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of
the Impact Aid program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025
Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Daines, Mr. Booker, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Duckworth, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Risch, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Thune, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kim, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Smith,
and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
October 6, 2025
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Designating September 30, 2025, as ``Impact Aid Recognition Day'' to
recognize and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of
the Impact Aid program.
Whereas September 30, 2025, marks the 75th anniversary of the date on which
President Harry S. Truman signed the Act of September 30, 1950 (commonly
known as the ``Impact Aid Act'') (64 Stat. 1100; chapter 1124), which
established the Impact Aid program;
Whereas the community served by the Impact Aid program considers the Impact Aid
program to be the ``original'' Federal elementary and secondary
education program;
Whereas the Impact Aid program is administered by the Secretary of Education;
Whereas the Impact Aid program reimburses local educational agencies for the
loss of revenue and other costs associated with the presence of tax-
exempt Federal property within the boundaries of those local educational
agencies;
Whereas payments under the Impact Aid program are dispersed directly to local
educational agencies, which allocate those payments based on local
context and needs to provide a quality education to the students served
by those local educational agencies;
Whereas, in 2025, more than 600,000 children, including children of individuals
in the uniformed services (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United
States Code), children residing on Indian lands, children in low-rent
public housing, and children of civilians working or living on Federal
land, are ``federally connected children'' who are served by local
educational agencies that are eligible for basic support payments under
the Impact Aid program;
Whereas, in 2025, there are 4,700,000 acres of federally owned land within the
boundaries of local educational agencies for which those local
educational agencies are eligible to receive Federal property payments
under the Impact Aid program;
Whereas, in fiscal year 2025, $1,625,151,000 will be provided under the Impact
Aid program to approximately 1,100 local educational agencies that
together enroll more than 8,000,000 students;
Whereas, in 1965, Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), which amended the Act of September 30,
1950 (commonly known as the ``Impact Aid Act'') (64 Stat. 1100; chapter
1124);
Whereas, in 1994, Congress passed the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-382; 108 Stat. 3518), which repealed the Act of
September 30, 1950 (commonly known as the ``Impact Aid Act'') (64 Stat.
1100; chapter 1124), and codified the Impact Aid program in the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
Whereas Congress has continued to demonstrate support for the Impact Aid program
by reauthorizing that program 16 times between 1950 and 2020;
Whereas, to formalize and energize the broad, bipartisan support for the Impact
Aid program, the Senate Impact Aid Coalition was established in 1996,
the House Impact Aid Coalition was established in 1995, and the 2
coalitions were reorganized into the Congressional Impact Aid Caucus in
2025; and
Whereas the Federal obligation on which the Impact Aid program is based is the
same in September 2025 as it was when the Impact Aid program was
established 75 years before, in September 1950: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates September 30, 2025, as ``Impact Aid
Recognition Day'' to recognize the 75th anniversary of the
establishment of the Impact Aid program; and
(2) recognizes the importance of--
(A) the Impact Aid program under title VII of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); and
(B) the objective of that program to ensure that
all children educated in federally impacted school
districts receive a high-quality education and have
access to the opportunities needed to reach their full
potential.
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