Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates commends library staff, supports National Library Week, recognizes libraries as critical infrastructure, supports full funding at all government levels, and affirms rights of library workers to organize. The main policy areas are Education and Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Public libraries would be affected, Library workers would be affected, and Library unions would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Creates commends library staff, supports National Library Week, recognizes libraries as critical infrastructure, supports full funding at all government levels, and affirms rights of library workers to organize...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates commends library staff, supports National Library Week, recognizes libraries as critical infrastructure, supports full funding at all government levels, and affirms rights of library workers to organize.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill creates commends library staff, supports National Library Week, recognizes libraries as critical infrastructure, supports full funding at all government levels, and affirms rights of library workers to organize.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Public libraries
- Library workers
- Library unions
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Submitted in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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