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On the recordSeptember 16, 2020
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8162) to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Education should provide certain waivers to community learning centers, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 8162 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Community Learning Centers Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FLEXIBLE USE OF SUBGRANT FUNDS. It is the sense of Congress that for school year 2020-2021, notwithstanding each provision in part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) that requires activities under such part be carried out during nonschool hours or periods when school is not in session, the Secretary of Education should carry out the exceptions included in the notice entitled ``Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 21st CCLC 4201(b)(1) Waiver Request'', published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on September 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 55002) by providing that each eligible entity that is awarded a subgrant under section 4204 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7174) for community learning centers may use such subgrant funds-- (1) to carry out activities described in section 4205 of such Act (20 U.S.C.…
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