Book Stamp Act
Latest action · Mar 15, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires State agencies to use such grants to enter into contracts with local child care resource and referral agencies to: (1) provide payments for eligible early learning program and other child care providers, on the basis of local needs, to make books available; and (2) promote child literacy and improve children's access to books at home and in early learning and other child care programs. Allows State agencies to reserve a portion of grant funds to support a public awareness campaign relating to program activities.
Amends Federal law relating to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to require USPS to establish special postage stamps for child literacy, at the regular first-class rate plus a differential amount, for voluntary use by patrons. Requires USPS to pay certain amounts raised by stamp sales to HHS for child literacy promotion activities.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2001 to Sep 24, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Bob Clement | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jan 30, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Mar 7, 2001 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Mar 7, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2001 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2001 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2001Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-683 | ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002726 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 27, 2001–May 15, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a program to promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Book Stamp Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Books
- Child care block grants
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Day care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Families
- Federal aid to day care centers
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Head Start programs
- Literacy programs
- Postage stamps
- Postal rates and revenues
- Preschool education
- Reading
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
