Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 578.
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.
- IntroducedJul 23, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Librarian of Congress, in addition to any other amounts made available, for maintaining and administering the operations of the law library of the Library of Congress, including the cataloguing of its collections.
Requires the Law Librarian of Congress, to the extent practicable in using such funds, to catalog and archive nonproprietary material in the collections of the Law Library electronically in a nonproprietary and nondiscriminatory format.
Requires the Librarian of Congress, in preparing the annual budget for the Library of Congress, to ensure that all amounts attributable to salaries and expenses of the law library are set forth separately as a separate line item.
Directs the Librarian, acting through the Law Librarian of Congress, to establish and operate a program to be known as the Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Support Program, to provide enhanced or special services and programs for the Law Library and otherwise support the mission of the Law Library.
Allows acceptance of donations of private funds, in-kind contributions, and voluntary services in support of the Program.
Establishes a separate account in the Treasury for use solely by the Librarian to carry out the Program.
Requires an annual report to Congress, the American Bar Association, and the American Association of Law Libraries on Program funding and activities.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 23, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Jul 23, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 23, 2008Markup Jul 30, 2008Reported Sep 27, 2008 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 23, 2008Discharged Sep 27, 2008 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2008 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 110-896, Part I.
- Sep 27, 2008Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Sep 27, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 578.
- Jul 30, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 30, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 12, 2008H.R. 6589, Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 30, 2008</p>
- Sep 12, 2008H.R. 6589, Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 30, 2008
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 6339, H.R. 6474, H.R. 6475, H.R. 6589, H.R. 998, H.R. 6625, H.R. 6608, H.RES. 1207 AND COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS 110-7 AND 110-8134 pages | Committee on House Administration | Jul 30, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide financial support for the operation of the law library of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2008Reported in House
- Jul 23, 2008Introduced 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.
