HR 523 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Prescribe A Book Act

Introduced Jan 26, 2015 Originated House Sponsor James P. McGovern D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 26, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prescribe A Book Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of Pediatric Early Literacy Programs, through which:

  • health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so;
  • health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and
  • health care facilities create literacy-rich environments that include gently used books for waiting room use or volunteer readers to show parents the techniques of reading aloud to young children.

Requires that the books provided to children under the programs be obtained at a discount.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2015 to Jul 29, 2015, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalJan 26, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsFeb 2, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownFeb 2, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerFeb 2, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonFeb 2, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksFeb 2, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinFeb 2, 2015
D-COJared PolisFeb 2, 2015
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthFeb 2, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuFeb 2, 2015
D-MANiki TsongasFeb 2, 2015
D-MARichard E. NealFeb 2, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonFeb 10, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyFeb 10, 2015
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardFeb 10, 2015
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jan 26, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jan 26, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 251Prescribe A Book ActIdentical billJan 26, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

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  1. Jan 26, 2015Introduced in House

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