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HR 291 105th Congress House Taxation Arts, Culture, Religion Checkoff Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Federal aid to libraries Gifts Government trust funds Income tax Libraries Personal income tax School libraries Tax refunds Tax returns

United States Library Trust Fund Act

Introduced: January 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 7, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States Library Trust Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to designate that one dollar of any tax overpayment and any cash contribution shall be paid to the United States Library Trust Fund. Establishes the Fund. Provides for grants to applying public libraries and public school libraries, to be used to purchase materials for the libraries, with the grantees selected by the Office of Library Services.

What's happening now January 31, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 21, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 291: United States Library Trust Fund Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-291/
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"H.R. 291: United States Library Trust Fund Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-291/.
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H.R. 291, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-291/.
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