HR 3567
108th Congress
House
Education
College costs
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Higher education
Price discrimination
Price policy
Textbooks
To require the General Accounting Office to conduct an investigation of the high price of college textbooks.
Introduced: November 20, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Nov 20, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 20, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Comptroller General to investigate and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the cost of college textbooks in the United States; and (2) whether the same textbooks are being sold outside the United States at a substantially lower cost.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Committees of jurisdiction
2