Congress celebrates 75 years of school funding for military families
H.Res. 786 — Supporting the designation of September 30, 2025, as "Impact Aid Recognition Day" to recognize and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Impact Aid program. · Filed by Dan Newhouse (R-WA) · 17 cosponsors · Introduced Oct 3, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution designates September 30, 2025, as 'Impact Aid Recognition Day' to mark the 75th anniversary of the federal Impact Aid program, which reimburses school districts for lost tax revenue when federal property (military bases, Indian lands, federal offices) sits within their boundaries. The resolution celebrates the program's history, its current reach (serving 600,000+ federally connected children across 1,100 school districts with $1.6 billion in annual funding), and reaffirms congressional support for it.
Why we flagged it
This is a simple House resolution commemorating a federal education program's 75th anniversary. It contains no legislative mechanism, appropriations, or policy change—only a statement of support and recognition.
Who it affects
The resolution itself creates no new policy or spending—it is purely commemorative. However, it affirms congressional support for an existing program that genuinely benefits ordinary citizens: school districts serving military families, Native American children, and students on federal lands receive direct federal funding to offset lost property tax revenue, enabling those districts to maintain educational quality. The resolution's bipartisan backing signals continued commitment to this public g
Named in the bill
Impact Aid program, Department of Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Congressional Impact Aid Caucus, House Impact Aid Coalition, Senate Impact Aid Coalition, President Harry S. Truman
Where it stands
17 cosponsors: 11 Democrats, 6 Republicans.
- Oct 3, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $10,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 7 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Dan Newhouse, the sponsor, reported $357,704 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Association of Federally Impacted Schools — $10,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 13, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 6, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 13, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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