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HR 5967 116th Congress House

Public Library Innovation Space Act

Official title: To amend the Museum and Library Services Act to authorize grants to support the use of public libraries for community economic development.

Introduced: February 25, 2020 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
Arts, Culture, Religion Business educationEconomic developmentElementary and secondary educationHumanities programs funding
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Libraries and archivesMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersProduct development and innovationPublic-private cooperationVocational and technical education
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 25, 2020
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Public Library Innovation Space Act

This bill requires the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out a program for making competitive grants to eligible partnerships (composed of a public library and an economic development corporation, a local government, a tribal government, a state government, an elementary or secondary school, a museum, an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, a corporation, and/or other entities) to establish makerspaces at public libraries.

A makerspace is a facility (which may be at a fixed location or a mobile unit) that is open to the public and provides individuals with access to (1) tools, technology, and educational resources designed to enable such individuals to create physical goods, including prototypes; and (2) educational opportunities, including vocational training and assistance with early-stage business ventures.

A partnership must contribute, for the activities for which the grant was awarded, nonfederal matching funds in an amount determined appropriate by the institute.

Each eligible partnership that receives a grant may not use its grant funds, or the matching funds contributed by it, for construction activities at a public library that would provide extra square footage to house a makerspace.

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Takano, Mark
California · Feb 25, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5967: Public Library Innovation Space Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5967/
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"H.R. 5967: Public Library Innovation Space Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5967/.
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