To require the General Accounting Office to conduct an investigation of the high price of college textbooks.

3.0.0 3567 2023-01-15T08:33:23Z 2023-01-15T08:33:23Z House H HR 2003-11-20 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2004-01-30T18:34:53Z Referred to 2003-11-20T15:01:05Z 2004-01-30 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2003-11-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-11-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 N M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2004-03-02 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2004-03-02 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2004-03-02 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] TIM RYAN D OH 17 2004-03-02 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2004-03-02 False C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2004-03-02 False M001145 Rep. Majette, Denise L. [D-GA-4] Denise Majette D GA L. 4 2004-03-02 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2004-03-02 False J000284 Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] STEPHANIE JONES D OH TUBBS 11 2004-04-22 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2004-04-22 False P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 2004-04-22 False D000275 Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] PETER DEUTSCH D FL 20 2004-04-22 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2004-06-02 False Education College costs Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Higher education Price discrimination Price policy Textbooks Education

00 2003-11-20 Introduced in House 2004-05-26T21:22:31Z Directs the Comptroller General to investigate and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the cost of college textbooks in the United States; and (2) whether the same textbooks are being sold outside the United States at a substantially lower cost.

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To require the General Accounting Office to conduct an investigation of the high price of college textbooks. Display Title To require the General Accounting Office to conduct an investigation of the high price of college textbooks. Official Title as Introduced To require the General Accounting Office to conduct an investigation of the high price of college textbooks. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2003-11-20T05:00:00Z 2004-01-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.