HR 2521 109th Congress House

Child PACT Act

Official title: To establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 16, 2005 See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Computer softwareComputersEducationEducational technology

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Elementary and secondary educationElementary educationEnterprise zonesGovernment paperworkGovernment publicityHigher educationNonprofit organizationsScience, Technology, CommunicationsSecondary educationSocial WelfareSurplus government propertyUrban affairs

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May 23, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

May 23, 2005

Introduced in House

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Latest action May 23, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act or the Child PACT Act - Directs each Federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify potential educationally useful Federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; and (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administration (GSA), to educational recipients or nonprofit refurbishers.

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