3.0.0 393 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z Senate S S 2011-02-17 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-17T21:09:34Z Prescribe A Book Act 112 820 HR 2011-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2011-02-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S889) IntroReferral 2011-02-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S888-889) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2011-02-17 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-02-17 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-02-17 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-02-17 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-02-17 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-02-17 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-02-17 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-02-17 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-02-17 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-03-17 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-03-17 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-03-17 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-03-17 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2011-03-31 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-04-13 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-04-13 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-05-04 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-05-04 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2011-06-08 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-09-26 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-10-05 False Education Books and print media Child health Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Health personnel Language arts Preschool education Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Education 00 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-24T15:54:18Z Prescribe A Book Act - Creates 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 Official Title as Introduced A bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prescribe A Book Act Introduced in Senate 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s393is/xml/BILLS-112s393is.xml 2011-02-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S889) 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.