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H.R. 865: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

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H.R. 865: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-30 · Education · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

Plain summary

Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2019 This bill provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school facility improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds, and providing assistance for repair of school foundations affected by pyrrhotite. 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 FY2024 for the Impact Aid Construction program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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Official text

Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · 213 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 865, Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019 (2019-04-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Josh Harder (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) and 153 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] reported raising $882,179 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bond
A way to borrow money. A government sells bonds to raise money now and promises to pay it back with interest over time. Bonds repaid from taxes often need voter approval.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr865 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116