HR7262-119

In Committee

READ Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 27, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, READ Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Finance, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H30D7418EFC514C2A89D5BF699CD8D380: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restarting Education After Disasters Act or the READ Act.
  • Section H33E97B11C0914ED1B5EB11D07312AED1: 2. Immediate aid to restart school operations From amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary is authorized to make payments, on such basis...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, READ Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Finance, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, READ Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Finance Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 27, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 27, 2026

Mr. Mannion (for himself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, and Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Finance Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"non-public school" §H33E97B11C0914ED1B5EB11D07312AED1

a non-public elementary school or secondary school that— is accredited or licensed or otherwise operates in accordance with State law

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