SRES169-119

In Committee

A resolution 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.

119th Congress Introduced Apr 10, 2025

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

The bill expands commends library staff, supports National Library Week, and calls for full funding of library services at federal, state, and local levels while affirming library workers rights. The main policy areas are Education.

Who Benefits and How

Public Libraries would be affected and Library Workers 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

  • Expands commends library staff, supports National Library Week, and calls for full funding of library services at federal, state, and local levels while affirming library workers rights.

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

The bill expands commends library staff, supports National Library Week, and calls for full funding of library services at federal, state, and local levels while affirming library workers rights.

Key Policy Areas

Education

Primary Purpose

The bill expands commends library staff, supports National Library Week, and calls for full funding of library services at federal, state, and local levels while affirming library workers rights.

Policy Domains

Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • Public Libraries
  • Library Workers
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
Library Workers:
Public Libraries:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 10, 2025

Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, …

Apr 10, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Apr 10, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Education
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Library Workers, Public Libraries

1/1
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education

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