ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 12, Number 20
March 6, 2003

In This Issue: LSTA Passes the House

Today the House passed H.R. 13, the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, which includes the Library Services and Technology Act Reauthorization, by an overwhelming vote of 416 to 2.

Representative Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), Chair of the Subcommittee on Select Education and one of the bill's original co-sponsors, specifically thanked ALA for its efforts in helping to pass this important legislation.

We still need sponsors for the companion bill in the Senate, S. 238.  Please contact your Senators to ask them to sign on to the bill.  Senators interested in co-sponsoring the legislation should have their staff person contact Senator Jack Reed's staff person, Elyse Wasch at 202-224-4642 - you should not call Elyse directly, your Senator's staff person should call.

Stay tuned to ALAWON for continuing updates.



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