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H.R. 4449 (110th)

Prescribe A Book Act

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Introduced

11 December 2007

Last action

11 December 2007 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Sponsors

Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], David Scott, Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare · Education

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Summary

Prescribe A Book Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish 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. 11 December 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

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  2. 11 December 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 11 December 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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