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H.R. 1526 (111th)

Prescribe A Book Act

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Introduced

16 March 2009

Last action

14 May 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Sponsors

Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], MICHAEL CAPUANO, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3], LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], JOSE SERRANO, Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9], Marcia Fudge, Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8], Linda Sánchez, Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Diana DeGette, Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], David Loebsack, Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Albio Sires, Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], James McGovern, Leonard Lance, Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], ROBERT BRADY, Mike Rogers, Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4], ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Raúl Grijalva, COLLIN PETERSON, Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Robert Wittman, Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5], Richard Neal, Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare · Education

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Summary

Prescribe A Book Act - Creates a Pediatric Early Literacy program under which the Secretary of Education awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of three-part models through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer them recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) 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 (3) volunteers reading to children in health care facility waiting areas show parents the techniques and pleasures of reading aloud to children. Requires that the books provided to children under the program be obtained at a discount.

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Timeline

  1. 16 March 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 March 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 16 March 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 14 May 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

    Source: Committee

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