3.0.0 4259 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z House H HR 2014-03-14 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DELBENE:H.R. 4259.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H2485]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2014-06-13T17:48:04Z Referred to 2014-03-14T13:01:30Z 2014-06-13 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2014-03-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2014-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 N H001051 Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] Richard Hanna R NY L. 22 2014-03-14 True C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 2014-09-10 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Higher education Performance measurement Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2014-03-14 Introduced in House 2014-05-13T20:13:59Z Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge Act of 2014 or the E-BOOK Act of 2014 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to up to 10 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to conduct pilot programs to reduce the cost of attendance for undergraduate students by expanding their access to digital course materials.

Directs the Secretary to give a preference to applications that demonstrate a commitment to serving disadvantaged students.

Requires grantees to make digital course materials available to undergraduate students in at least two different academic departments.

Allows the IHEs to use the grant funds to:

  • purchase and maintain the electronic equipment or software their pilot programs need;
  • purchase and maintain the digital and online content that instructors or students will use;
  • hire staff to administer their pilot programs, with priority given to hiring enrolled undergraduate students;
  • build or acquire extra storage space for pilot program equipment; and
  • revise and adapt academic curricula as needed to implement their pilot programs.
]]> E-BOOK Act of 2014 Display Title E-BOOK Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to lower the cost of college education by establishing pilot programs to expand student access to digital course materials. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced E-BOOK Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4259ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4259ih.xml 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. 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.