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Affordable College Textbook Act

Introduced: March 27, 2023 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Mar 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S955-957)
Mar 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable College Textbook Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.

What's happening now March 27, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S955-957)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1811 Identical bill Affordable College Textbook Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 27, 2023
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Mar 27, 2023
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 27, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 978: Affordable College Textbook Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-978/
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"S. 978: Affordable College Textbook Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-978/.
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S. 978, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-978/.
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