HR 4785
107th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Computer literacy
Computer software
Computer-assisted instruction
Computers
Computers and government
Computers in education
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Enterprise zones
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Nonprofit organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Surplus government property
Child PACT Act
Introduced: May 21, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
May 21, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act - Child PACT Act - Directs each Federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify educationally useful Federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administration (GSA), to educational recipients or nonprofit refurbishers; and (3) encourage employees with computer expertise to assist in providing maintenance and technical support for the recipients of such equipment, connecting school classrooms to the Internet, and helping teachers to learn to use computers to teach.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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