LITERATURE related term(s) Arts and Humanities

Addresses

Willa Cather Statue Unveiling: Senator Fischer, S2121 [15JN]

Articles and editorials

Duval Schools To Keep 73 ‘Diverse, Inclusive’ Books Out of Classrooms, H1341 [23MR]

Facts About Library Books in Duval County Public Schools, H1343 [23MR]

Bills and resolutions

Arts and humanities: address systemic racism and advance equity (see H.R. 3239), H2308 [11MY]

——— recognize capacity of popular arts to bring people together, inspire creativity and imagination, promote critical thinking, and instill universal values of truth, justice, and equality (see H. Res. 598), H3700 [18JY]

Civil liberties: express concern about spreading problem of book banning and proliferation of threats to freedom of expression (see S. Res. 372), S4721 [27SE] (see H. Res. 733), H4714 [27SE]

Copyrights: limit term of new copyrights and apply new limit retroactively (see H.R. 576), H428 [26JA]

Dept. of Education: award grants to carry out educational programs that include history of peoples of African descent, institution of slavery, U.S. expansion, and economical and cultural impact (see H.R. 703), H626 [1FE]

——— ensure children in schools have right to read (see S. 1307), S1382 [26AP] (see H.R. 2889), H2047 [26AP]

Libraries: require certain libraries to maintain diverse collection of books (see H.R. 6830), H6985 [14DE]

Native Americans: recognize heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in U.S. (see S. Res. 148), S1092 [30MR]

New York, NY: honor legacy of Harlem Renaissance (see H. Res. 94), H680 [2FE]

Schools: prohibit publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to school or educational agency and prohibit Federal funds from being provided to obtain or distribute sexually explicit material (see H.R. 863), H737 [7FE]

Books 

‘‘Joaquin’s First School Shooting,’’ Patricia and Manny Oliver, H2178 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Celebrate Literacy Week: observance, H290 [25JA]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to purchase certain books in schools operated by Dept. of Defense Education Activity, H3537, H3538 [13JY]

Education: express concern over recent censorship in schools, H1682 [30MR], H2511 [23MY]

——— prohibit parents from denying access of students not their own from any books or other reading materials otherwise available in school libraries under Parents’ Bill of Rights, H1389 [23MR]

Kansas City, MO: anniversary of Kansas City Public Library, E1165 [5DE]

Libraries: require certain libraries to maintain diverse collection of books (H.R. 6830), H6945 [14DE]

Libreria Giron, Inc.: tribute, H5933 [28NO]

National Bible Week: observance, H6804–H6808 [11DE]

National Library Week: observance, H2092 [28AP]

National Read Across America Day: observance, H992 [1MR]

Texas: tribute to 6th Congressional District outstanding constituents, H3103 [22JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: ensure children in schools have right to read (S. 1307), S1385 [26AP]

Galveston, TX: anniversary of Galveston Historical Foundation Dickens on The Strand Festival, S5671 [29NO]

Native Americans: recognize heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in U.S. (S. Res. 148), S1081 [30MR]

Texts of

S. Res. 148, recognize heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in U.S., S1101–S1103 [30MR]

S. Res. 372, express concern about spreading problem of book banning and proliferation of threats to freedom of expression, S4724 [27SE]