1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act . 2. Findings and purpose (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A significant percentage of federally impacted local educational agencies serve schools with facilities that fall far short of meeting basic life-safety standards that ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff alike. (2) The American Society of Civil Engineers rated school facilities nationally a D+. Many school buildings of schools served by federally impacted local educational agencies were built more than 65 years ago. (3) A 2009 study by the Government Accountability Office found that better school facilities were associated with positive student outcomes in academic achievement, attendance, and higher graduation rates. A second Government Accountability Office study conducted in 2020, concluded that many school facilities of schools served by federally impacted local educational agencies are in need of repair, modernization, renovation, or replacement. (4) Data compiled through surveys of federally impacted local educational agencies by both the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools and the National Indian Impacted Schools Association revealed the following: (A) 65 percent of respondents indicated their facilities are in fair to poor condition. (B) 26 percent of respondents have buildings that are more than 80 years old. (C) 53 percent of respondents have no practical capacity to issue bonds. (D) 82 percent of respondents identified lack of funds as a reason for delaying construction projects. Construction costs in rural, many times geographically remote, local educational agencies have increased by 30 percent or more in recent years making facility upgrades and replacement even more challenging. (5) Local educational agencies with some bonding capacity or that have access to other sources of funding are still in need of assistance to improve their buildings to ensure a safe learning environment. (6) Federally impacted