PUBLIC LAW 104^195—SEPT. 16, 1996 110 STAT. 2379 Public Law 104-195 104th Congress An Act To amend the Impact Aid program to provide for a hold-harmless with respect „ ._ ._ __ to amounts for payments relating to the Federal acquisition of real property, — ^L:—'. and for other purposes. [H.R. 3269] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. HOLD-HARMLESS AMOUNTS FOR PAYMENTS RELATING TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY. Section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(g) FORMER DISTRICTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Where the school district of any local educational agency described in paragraph (2) is formed at any time after 1938 by the consolidation of two or more former school districts, such agency may elect (at any time such agency files an application under section 8005) for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1994 to have (A) the eligibility of such local educational agency, and (B) the amount which such agency shall be eligible to receive, determined under this section only with respect to such of the former school districts comprising such consolidated school districts as such agency shall designate in such election. "(2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. —A local educational agency referred to in paragraph (1) is any local educational agency that, for fiscal year 1994 or any preceding fiscal year, applied for and was determined eligible under section 2(c) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) as such section was in effect for such fiscal year. "(h) HOLD-HARMLESS AMOUNTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the total amount that the Secretary shall pay under subsection (b) to a local educational agency that is otherwise eligible for a payment under this section— "(A) for fiscal year 1995 shall not be less than 85 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 1994 under section 2 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) as such section was in effect on September 30, 1994; or "(B) for fiscal year 1996 shall not be less than 85 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 1995 under subsection (b).
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