3.0.0 4449 2023-01-11T13:15:39Z 2023-01-11T13:15:39Z House H HR 2007-12-11 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-11T15:35:15Z Prescribe A Book Act 110 1895 S 2007-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10315-10316) Identical bill CRS 2007-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 N S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2007-12-11 True E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2008-02-06 False B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2008-02-06 False M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2008-02-06 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2008-02-06 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2008-02-06 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2008-02-06 False M000133 Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] Edward Markey D MA J. 7 2008-02-06 False T000266 Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] JOHN TIERNEY D MA F. 6 2008-02-06 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2008-02-12 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2008-02-13 False S001157 Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] David Scott D GA 13 2008-02-25 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2008-02-25 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2008-03-05 False L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 9 2008-03-05 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2008-03-05 False M001164 Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16] Tim Mahoney D FL 16 2008-03-05 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-03-31 False J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2008-04-10 False W000119 Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] ZACH WAMP R TN 3 2008-04-10 False D000210 Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] William Delahunt D MA D. 10 2008-04-10 False B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2008-04-14 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2008-04-14 False O000085 Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] JOHN OLVER D MA W. 1 2008-04-14 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2008-04-22 False H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2008-04-23 False R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2008-05-08 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2008-05-13 False R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2008-05-21 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2008-06-03 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2008-06-03 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2008-09-09 False Education Arts, Culture, Religion Books Child health Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Grants-in-aid Health Nonprofit organizations Parent and child Reading Social Welfare Volunteer workers Education 00 2007-12-11 Introduced in House 2008-02-20T22:10:19Z Prescribe A Book Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Pediatric Early Literacy program under which the Secretary of Education awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of three-part models through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer them recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five-years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and (3) volunteers reading to children in health care facility waiting areas show parents the techniques and pleasures of reading aloud to children.

Requires that the books provided to children under the program be obtained at a discount.

]]> Prescribe A Book Act Display Title Prescribe A Book Act Short Titles as Introduced Prescribe A Book Act Official Title as Introduced To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education. Introduced in House 2007-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4449ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4449ih.xml 2007-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.