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HRES 581 99th Congress House Education Adult education Advisory bodies Educational policy Federal advisory bodies Illiteracy

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should direct the Secretary of Education to form a National Task Force on the Problem of Functional Illiteracy.

Introduced: October 8, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Nov 20, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Oct 8, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 8, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should direct the Secretary of Education to form a National Task Force on the Problem of Functional Illiteracy.

What's happening now November 20, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Oct 17, 1986
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 17, 1986
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 17, 1986
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 17, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 581: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should direct the Secretary of Education to form a National Task Force on the Problem of Functional Illiteracy.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-581/
MLA
"H. Res. 581: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should direct the Secretary of Education to form a National Task Force on the Problem of Functional Illiteracy.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-581/.
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H. Res. 581, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-581/.
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[H. Res. 581: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should direct the Secretary of Education to form a National Task Force on the Problem of Functional Illiteracy.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-581/)
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