ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 12, Number 74
August 6, 2003

In This Issue: DETAILS ON SENATE LSTA VOTE

On Friday, August 1, the Senate voted under Unanimous Consent to pass The Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, which includes reauthorization of the Library Services and Technology Act.  When the Senate brought up S. 888, its version of the Act, they amended the bill to reflect a 'pre-conference' agreement worked out by the House and Senate on several differences between the bills (H.R. 13 and S. 888, respectively).  

The agreement that was reached accepted nearly all of the Senate language, which included several minor language differences from the House version of the bill. The amendment also changed the funding authorization to $232 million.  After changes were made to S. 888, the Senate incorporated S. 888 into H.R. 13 and passed H.R. 13 (in lieu of S. 888). 

Now, the Senate-passed version of H.R. 13 goes to the House, where we hope it will be voted on and passed as soon as Congress returns in early September.  If the House passes the Senate version of the bill without making any changes, the bill heads to the President for his signature.

Stay tuned to ALAWON for further details on LSTA reauthorization.



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