Prescribe A Book Act
Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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 26, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Jan 26, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Feb 2, 2015 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 24, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jul 29, 2015 |
Committees 1
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 26, 2015 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jan 26, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 26, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 12, January 26, 2015, page H582.
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. 114-224 | A FRESH LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX ON JOBS, INNOVATION, AND PATIENTS88 pages | Finance Committee | Apr 23, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 251 | Prescribe A Book Act | Identical bill | Jan 26, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prescribe A Book Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2015Introduced 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.
