HR 2694 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Child PACT Act

Introduced Jul 10, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Mike Ferguson R-NJ

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 10, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 10, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act - Child PACT Act - Directs each Federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify educationally useful Federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administration (GSA), to educational recipients or nonprofit refurbishers; and (3) encourage employees with computer expertise to assist in providing maintenance and technical support for the recipients of such equipment, connecting school classrooms to the Internet, and helping teachers to learn to use computers to teach.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2003 to Oct 17, 2003; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJul 10, 2003
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalJul 10, 2003
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaJul 23, 2003
D-PAChaka FattahJul 23, 2003
D-LAChristopher JohnJul 23, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezJul 23, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneJul 23, 2003
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenJul 23, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelJul 23, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherJul 23, 2003
R-NYJames T. WalshJul 23, 2003
R-SCJoe WilsonJul 23, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoJul 23, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldJul 23, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostJul 23, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyJul 23, 2003
R-CARandy (Duke) CunninghamJul 23, 2003
R-FLAdam H. PutnamJul 25, 2003
R-AZJ. D. HayworthJul 25, 2003
R-NJJim SaxtonJul 25, 2003
R-COJoel HefleyJul 25, 2003
D-ARMike RossJul 25, 2003
R-CTRob SimmonsJul 25, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthySep 5, 2003
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoSep 5, 2003
R-MNJohn KlineSep 5, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelSep 5, 2003
D-WIRon KindSep 5, 2003
D-CODiana DeGetteOct 17, 2003
D-MARichard E. NealOct 17, 2003
R-NJRodney P. FrelinghuysenOct 17, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jul 10, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 10, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Jul 10, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Child PACT Act
Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 10, 2003Introduced in House

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