ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 12, Number 12 2003 In This Issue: MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT: URGENT ACTION ALERT Please contact your Representative to sign on to H.R. 13, The Museum and Library Services Act of 2003. The House Education and the Workforce Committee plan to hold a mark-up on the bill on February 13, so co-sponsors can only be added up to February 12. A call now can demonstrate that there is great support for this bill and increased numbers will help make a great showing of support when the bill comes to the floor for a vote. Use the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to connect to your Member's office. Attached is a list of the Representatives who have signed on to the bill. H.R. 13: The Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 Mr. Hoekstra (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Castle, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Isakson, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. English) Additional Co-sponsors: Representative Todd Platts (R-PA) Jim DeMint (R-SC) Rush Holt (D-NJ) John McHugh (R-NY) James Langevin (D-RI) Robert Matsui (D-CA) Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Barney Frank (D-MA) Vic Snyder (D-AR) Jose Serrano (D-NY) James Clyburn (D-SC) Fred Upton (R-MI) Xavier Becerra (D-CA) Major Owens (D-NY) Tom Petri (R-WI) Doug Bereuter (R-NE) Mike Doyle (D-PA) Bart Gordon (D-TN) Jack Quinn (R-NY) Eliot Engle (D-NY) Louise Slaughter (D-NY) Steve LaTourette (R-OH) Gary Ackerman (D-NY) Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) Mark Udall (D-CO) Howard Berman (D-CA) Mike McIntyre (D-NC) Chris Bell (D-TX) Martin Frost (D-TX) Melissa Hart (R-PA) Mary Bono (R-CA) Susan Davis (D-CA) Anna Eschoo (D-CA) Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) Duke Cunningham (R-CA) Ike Skelton (D-MO) Bob Etheridge (D-NC) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Leonard Boswell (D-IA) Mark Green (R-WI) Grace Napolitano (D-CA) Tom Osborne (R-NE) Diane Watson (D-CA) Tom Lantos (D-CA) Tim Johnson (R-IL) Bob Filner (D-CA) Michael Honda (D-CA) Joe Baca (D-CA) Cass Ballenger (R-NC) Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rob Andrews (D-NJ) John Shimkus (R-IL) Henry Waxman (D-CA) Paul Gillmor (R-OH) Rob Simmons (R-CT) Betty McCollum (D-MN) Ed Schrock (R-VA) Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Camille Bowman, Mary Costabile, Don Essex, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell, Claudette Tennant. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.