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HR 820 112th Congress House Education Books and print media Child health Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Health personnel Language arts Preschool education Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Prescribe A Book Act

Introduced: February 18, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 18, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 18, 2011
Introduced in House
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Prescribe A Book Act - Creates a Pediatric Early Literacy program under which the Secretary of Education awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of three-part models through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer them recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five-years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and (3) volunteers reading to children in health care facility waiting areas show parents the techniques and pleasures of reading aloud to children.

Requires that the books provided to children under the program be obtained at a discount.

What's happening now March 4, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 42
All 42 Democratic 22 Republican 1
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 1, 2011
LOWEY, NITA
· Jun 2, 2011
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 2, 2011
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 2, 2011
BIGGERT, JUDY
· May 10, 2011
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 3, 2011
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 14, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 8, 2011
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 8, 2011
Tsongas, Niki
· Apr 8, 2011
GREEN, GENE
· Mar 31, 2011
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 31, 2011
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2011
BERMAN, HOWARD
· Mar 16, 2011
Boren, Dan
· Mar 16, 2011
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Mar 16, 2011
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 16, 2011
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 16, 2011
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Mar 16, 2011
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2011
PLATTS, TODD
· Mar 16, 2011
ROSS, MIKE
· Mar 16, 2011
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Mar 8, 2011
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 8, 2011
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Mar 8, 2011
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 3, 2011
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 3, 2011
Carnahan, Russ
· Mar 1, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 1, 2011
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Feb 18, 2011
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Feb 18, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 18, 2011
FRANK, BARNEY
· Feb 18, 2011
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Feb 18, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 18, 2011
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Feb 18, 2011
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 18, 2011
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 18, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 18, 2011
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 18, 2011
OLVER, JOHN
· Feb 18, 2011
Polis, Jared
· Feb 18, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 820: Prescribe A Book Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-820/
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"H.R. 820: Prescribe A Book Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-820/.
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H.R. 820, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-820/.
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