H.R. 7691
119th Congress
House
Fight Book Bans Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants to local educational agencies to cover the costs of challenges to determinations not to discontinue t… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants to local educational agencies to cover the costs of challenges to determinations not to discontinue the use of specific instructional materials, or the availability of specific school library materials, in public elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Feb 25, 2026
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
7
- AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
- AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
- AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
- PEN AMERICA
Bodies those filers lobbied
- Education, Dept of
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Cosponsors
3
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7691: Fight Book Bans Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7691/
"H.R. 7691: Fight Book Bans Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7691/.
H.R. 7691, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7691/.
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