These hearings preceded the 1950 enactment of Impact Aid, which sent dollars to localities affected by federal activities. “Affected?” you may wonder. Well, if the federal government places a federal agency in a community, costs fall upon the community. First, the federal property may not be taxed by the local government. Second, the federal employees may have children who end up attending the public schools. Hence, the fedral government would reimburse localities for the impact of such costs.

Below are the first few pages of the House of Representatives’ hearings that preceded the legislation. These pages lay ut the witnesses who appeared over the many sessions. Unfortunately, the US Government Printing Office has yet to post online the full volumes of these hearings. That means to read them you will need to get a hard copy via a Federal Depository Library or research library.

The full citation for these two volumes are:

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Federal Assistance for Educating Children in Localities Affected by Federal Activities: Hearings Before Special Investigating Subcommittees of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4115, a Bill to Provide for the Education of Children Residing on Certain Nonsupporting Federally Owned Property, and Children Residing in Localities Overburdened with Increased School Enrollments Resulting from Federal Activities in the Area, and for Other Purposes, Part 1 (Government Printing Office, 1950)

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Federal Assistance for Educating Children in Localities Affected by Federal Activities: Hearings Before Special Investigating Subcommittees of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4115, a Bill to Provide for the Education of Children Residing on Certain Nonsupporting Federally Owned Property, and Children Residing in Localities Overburdened with Increased School Enrollments Resulting from Federal Activities in the Area, and for Other Purposes, Part 2 (Government Printing Office, 1950)