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HJRES 244 99th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodies Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to libraries Government records, documents, and information Information services Libraries White House conferences

A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services to be held not later than 1989, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 18, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 1986
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 6, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Apr 18, 1985
Introduced in House
Apr 18, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services, to be held not later than 1989, to develop recommendations for improvement of such services and their public use.

Requires that the Conference be planned and conducted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, the Director of the National Library of Medicine, and the Director of the National Agricultural Library, upon request, to detail personnel to the Commission.

Requires the Conference to submit a final report to the President within 120 days following its close. Directs that the final report be made public, and within 90 days after receipt by the President, transmitted to the Congress with recommendations.

Establishes an advisory committee to assist in planning and conducting the Conference. Includes among its appointed members the Secretary of Education and the Librarian of Congress.

Authorizes appropriations as necessary.

What's happening now April 8, 1986

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 6, 1986
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 9, 1986
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 244: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services to be held not later than 1989, and for other purposes.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-244/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 244: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services to be held not later than 1989, and for other purposes.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-244/.
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H.J. Res. 244, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-244/.
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[H.J. Res. 244: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services to be held not later than 1989, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-244/)
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