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 PUBLIC LAW 105-18-JUNE 12, 1997 111 STAT. 215 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 20 USC 7703 (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years after fiscal year 1997. note. SEC. 60006. PAYMENTS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY. Section 8002(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(i)) is amended to read as follows: "(i) PRIORITY PAYMENTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(B), and for any fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1997 for which the amount appropriated to carry out this section exceeds the amount so appropriated for fiscal year 1996— "(A) the Secretary shall first use the excess amount (not to exceed the amount equal to the difierence of (i) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 1997, and (ii) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 1996) to increase the payment that would otherwise be made under this section to not more than 50 percent of the maximum amount determined under subsection (b) for any local educational agency described in paragraph (2); and "(B) the Secretary shall use the remainder of the excess amount to increase the pa3mients to each eligible local educational agency under this section. "(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DESCRIBED. —A local educational agency described in this paragraph is a local educational agency that— "(A) received a payment under this section for fiscal year 1996; "(B) serves a school district that contains all or a portion of a United States military academy; "(C) serves a school district in which the local tax assessor has certified that at least 60 percent of the real property is federally owned; and "(D) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such agency's per-pupil revenue derived from local sources for current expenditures is not less than that revenue for the preceding fiscal year.", SEC. 60007. TIMELY FILING UNDER SECTION 8003. The Secretary of Education shall treat as timely filed, and shall process for payment, an amendment to an application for a fiscal year 1997 payment from a local educational agency under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if— (1) that agency is described in subsection (a)(3) of that section, as amended by section 376 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201); (2) that agency was not described in that subsection prior to that amendment; and (3) the Secretary received the amendment to the agenc^s application prior to the enactment of this Act.

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