Books Save Lives Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Books Save Lives Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Education, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities 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, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H43CCAF748E224A0AB9E87DB27677BDDF: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Books Save Lives Act.
- Section HE42A4B0FE3CA4D08B322754DA451C792: 2. Access to libraries and diverse books A covered school shall maintain a library that is staffed by a trained librarian. Each public library receiving...
- Section HA31ED5B7D5AA4C35AD3CF991EC8D129B: 3. Report on book ban campaigns Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall begin...
- Section HDA94AB8FD0BD448DBD23B527A1A9FDAF: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term covered book means a book or an item of educational media written by, illustrated by, or about an individual who is a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Books Save Lives Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.
Key Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Education, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, Books Save Lives Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in …
Introduced in House
Ms. Pressley (for herself, Mr. Carson, Ms. Clarke of New …
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?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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