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A resolution designating March 2009 as "National Reading Month" and authorizing the collection of nonmonetary book donations in Senate office buildings during the period beginning March 9, 2009 and ending March 27, 2009 from Senators and officers and employees of the Senate to assist elementary school students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Introduced: March 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 9, 2009
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2874; text as passed Senate: CR S2874; text of measure as introduced: CR S2913)
Mar 9, 2009
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2874; text as passed Senate: CR S2874; text of measure as introduced: CR S2913)
Mar 9, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates March 2009 as National Reading Month.

Authorizes Senators or Senate officers or employees to: (1) solicit other Senators or Senate officers or employees within Senate buildings for nonmonetary book donations from March 9-March 27, 2009, to assist elementary school students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area; and (2) work with nonprofit organizations to deliver such donations.

What's happening now March 9, 2009

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2874; text as passed Senate: CR S2874; text of measure as introduced: CR S2913)