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H.R. 820 (112th)

Prescribe A Book Act

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Introduced

18 February 2011

Last action

4 March 2011 · Referred

Status

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

Sponsors

Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], James McGovern, MICHAEL CAPUANO, Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12], Brett Guthrie, Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Jared Polis, Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], John Yarmuth, Richard Neal, Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Edward Markey, Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Marcia Fudge, Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, COLLIN PETERSON, Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4], Grace Napolitano, Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Sanford Bishop, Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], LOUISE SLAUGHTER, Albio Sires, DAVID PRICE, LUIS GUTIERREZ, Linda Sánchez, Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Jerry McNerney, Tammy Baldwin, Kathy Castor

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. 18 February 2011

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 February 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 February 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 4 March 2011

    Referred

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

    Source: Committee

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