3.0.0 2918 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z Senate S S 2006-05-19 109 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2006-07-12T19:11:06Z ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2006-07-12T00:03:36Z Referred to 2006-05-19T17:22:23Z 2006-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2006-07-12 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2006-07-12 10:03:59 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2006-07-11 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S7359-7360) Floor 2006-07-11 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S7359-7360) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-11 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7359-7360) Discharge 2006-07-11 Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7359-7360) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee 2006-05-19 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2006-05-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4841-4842) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2006-05-19 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-06-28 False Congress Arts, Culture, Religion Blind Congressional agencies Disabled Federal libraries Government Operations and Politics Library of Congress Newspapers Science, Technology, Communications Sound recording and reproducing Telecommunication rates Congress 00 2006-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-10T21:33:27Z Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act - Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to pay telecommunications costs for blind and other persons with disabilities to have interstate free access to electronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, disseminated in specialized audio and electronic text formats and available contemporaneously with their print editions, from a multi-state nonprofit organization as described in this Act.

]]> 82 2006-07-11 Passed Senate without amendment 2006-10-12T20:54:56Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act - Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to pay telecommunications costs for blind and other persons with disabilities to have interstate free access to electronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, disseminated in specialized audio and electronic text formats and available contemporaneously with their print editions, from a multi-state nonprofit organization as described in this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

]]> Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act Display Title Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide access to newspapers for blind or other persons with disabilities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act Short Titles as Passed Senate Free Newspaper Access for Blind and Other Persons with Disabilities Act S Senate Referred in House 2006-07-12T04:00:00Z Engrossed in Senate 2006-07-11T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2006-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2918is/xml/BILLS-109s2918is.xml 2006-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. 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.