ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 11, Number 58
July 18, 2002

In This Issue: TEACH Act Passes House Judiciary Committee

Good news!  The TEACH Act, the bill updating the Copyright Act to provide for distance education in the information age, passed out of the House Judiciary Committee yesterday, Wednesday, July 17th.  The bill will now go to the full House of Representatives for a vote.  Inasmuch as the bill, S.487, passed the Senate last year unanimously and has broad bipartisan support, we expect it to pass without difficulty and then be signed into law by the President.  We'll let you know further developments as soon as we know them.  Please check out our web site for information about the TEACH Act:  http://www.ala.org/washoff/disted.html



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