Museum and Library Services Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-13
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Animals
Anthropology
Aquariums
Art
Authorization
Awards, medals, prizes
Botanical gardens
Commemorations
Commerce
Community and school
Community organization
Computer networks
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cultural property
Damages
Disabled
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic data interchange
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Executive reorganization
Exhibitions
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hawaiians
Historic sites
History
Indemnity
Information services
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Libraries
Literacy programs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Museums
Names
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Nature centers
Pornography
Presidential appointments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Recruiting of employees
School libraries
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Web sites
Zoos

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 - Amends the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA) and the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA, which is subchapter B of MLSA) to extend authorizations of appropriations and revise programs under such Acts.
Prohibits projects which are determined to be obscene from receiving funds under MLSA.
Amends MLSA to establish the National Museum and Library Services Board, within the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). (Eliminates a National Museum Services Board.)
Requires the IMLS Director to: (1) ensure coordination with certain activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), and other Federal activities; and (2) conduct and publish analyses of museum and library services impact.
Revises requirements for annual national awards to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.
Includes specified entities under the term museum, for MLSA purposes. Revises museum services activities. Entitles subchapter C of MLSA as the Museum Services Act.
Amends LSTA to provide for: (1) an increased portion for administrative costs; (2) an increased alternative minimum allotment to States under certain conditions; (3) State plans once every five years, as determined by the IMLS Director; (4) additional uses of grants to States for library programs; and (5) recruitment of library and information science personnel under the program of national leadership grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
Repeals requirements under the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act relating to Commission responsibilities to: (1) advise the IMLS Director; and (2) meet with the National Museum Services Board, which is eliminated by this Act.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House on January 7, 2003. The following is a fuller summary of that version.)

Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 - 

Amends the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA) and the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA, which is subchapter B of MLSA) to extend authorizations of appropriations and revise programs under such Acts.

Title I: General Provisions - 
Prohibits projects which are determined to be obscene from receiving funds under MLSA.
Amends MLSA to establish the National Museum and Library Services Board, within the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). (Eliminates a National Museum Services Board.)
Requires the IMLS Director to: (1) ensure coordination with certain activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), and other Federal activities; and (2) conduct and publish analyses of museum and library services impact.
Revises requirements for annual national awards to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.

Title II: Library Services and Technology - 
Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009. Revises requirements for reservations and allotments and grants to States.
Amends LSTA to provide for: (1) an increased portion for administrative costs; (2) an increased alternative minimum allotment to States under certain conditions; (3) State plans once every five years, as determined by the IMLS Director; (4) additional uses of grants to States for library programs; and (5) recruitment of library and information science personnel under the program of national leadership grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.

Title III: Museum Services - 
Includes specified entities under the term museum, for MLSA purposes. Revises museum services activities. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009. Entitles subchapter C of MLSA as the Museum Services Act.

Title IV: Technical Corrections; Repeals; Effective Date - 
Repeals requirements under the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act relating to Commission responsibilities to: (1) advise the IMLS Director; and (2) meet with the National Museum Services Board, which is eliminated by this Act.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House on January 7, 2003. The following is a fuller summary of that version.)

Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 - Amends the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA) and the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA, which is subchapter B of MLSA) to extend authorizations of appropriations and revise programs under such Acts.

Title I: General Provisions - 
Prohibits projects which are determined to be obscene from receiving funds under MLSA.
Amends MLSA to establish the National Museum and Library Services Board, within the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). (Eliminates a National Museum Services Board.)
Requires the IMLS Director to: (1) ensure coordination with certain activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), and other Federal activities; and (2) conduct and publish analyses of museum and library services impact.
Revises requirements for annual national awards to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.

Title II: Library Services and Technology - 
Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009. Revises requirements for reservations and allotments and grants to States.
Amends LSTA to provide for: (1) an increased portion for administrative costs; (2) an increased alternative minimum allotment to States under certain conditions; (3) State plans once every five years, as determined by the IMLS Director; (4) additional uses of grants to States for library programs; and (5) recruitment of library and information science personnel under the program of national leadership grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.

Title III: Museum Services - 
Includes specified entities under the term museum, for MLSA purposes. Revises museum services activities. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009. Entitles subchapter C of MLSA as the Museum Services Act.

Title IV: Technical Corrections; Repeals; Effective Date - 
Repeals requirements under the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act relating to Commission responsibilities to: (1) advise the IMLS Director; and (2) meet with the National Museum Services Board, which is eliminated by this Act.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 - Amends the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA), including its subchapter B, the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and its subchapter C, the newly-titled Museum Services Act (MSA), to extend authorizations of appropriations and revise programs.
 

Title I: General Provisions - 
(Sec. 101) Revises MLSA subchapter A general provisions to set forth definitions of "obscene" and "determined to be obscene."
(Sec. 102) Replaces the National Museum Services Board with a National Museum and Library Services Board, established in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
(Sec. 103) Requires the IMLS Director to: (1) ensure coordination with certain activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and other Federal activities; and (2) establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating applications to receive financial assistance under MLSA.
Prohibits use of funds under MLSA (including LSTA and MSA) for projects determined to be obscene. Sets forth procedures for treatment of such projects.
(Sec. 104) Provides for Board establishment and membership. Directs the President, with Senate advice and consent, to appoint U.S. citizens as voting members of the Board as follows: (1) ten from among individuals who are specially qualified by education, training, or experience in library services, or their commitment to libraries, with five of these being professional library or information specialists, at least one knowledgeable about electronic information and one about information needs of underserved communities; and (2) ten who are specially qualified by education, training, or experience in museum services, or their commitment to museums, with five of these being museum professionals, some affiliated with certain types of museums. Makes the following nonvoting members of the Board: the IMLS Director, the Deputy Director for the Office of Library Services, the Deputy Director for the Office of Museum Services, and the Chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
(Sec. 105) Revises requirements for annual national awards to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.
Requires the IMLS Director to conduct and publish analyses of the impact of museum and library services.
Prohibits use of funds under MLSA (including LSTA and MSA) for construction expenses.

Title II: Library Services and Technology -
 (Sec. 203) Extends the authorization of appropriations for library services and technology through FY 2009. Increases the percentage of such funds which may be used for Federal administrative costs.
(Sec. 204) Increases the alternative minimum allotment to States under certain conditions.
(Sec. 206) Revises required uses of grants to States to include: (1) expanding services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages; (2) developing library services that provide all users access to information through local, State, regional, national, and international electronic networks; (3) developing public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations; and (4) targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills.
(Sec. 207) Allows national leadership grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to be used for recruitment, as well as education and training, of library and information science personnel.

Title III: Museum Services - 
Museum Services Act - Renames and revises museum services provisions under MLSA subchapter C as the Museum Services Act.
(Sec. 302) Defines "museum" to include aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children's museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.
(Sec. 303) Revises the types of museum services activities which may be supported under MSA to include: (1) providing learning and access to collections, information, and educational resources in a variety of formats (including exhibitions, programs, publications, and websites) for individuals of all ages; (2) building learning partnerships with schools and developing museum resources and programs in support of State and local school curricula; (3) assessing, conserving, researching, maintaining, and exhibiting collections, and providing educational programs to the public through the use of collections; (4) greater collaboration among museums, libraries, schools, and other community organizations in order to share resources and strengthen communities; (5) use of new technologies and broadcast media to enhance access to museum collections, programs, and services; (6) services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds and to individuals with disabilities; (7) professional development and technical assistance programs; and (8) research, program evaluation, and the collection and dissemination of information to museum professionals and the public.
(Sec. 304) Repeals provisions for a National Award for Museum Service (replaced by national awards for museum service and for library service).
(Sec. 305) Extends the authorization of appropriations for museum services through FY 2009.
(Sec. 306) Provides that subchapter C of MLSA shall be called the Museum Services Act.

Title IV: National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act - 
(Sec. 401) Amends the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act with respect to contributions and membership.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - 
(Sec. 501) Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to increase maximum limits on liability amounts.
(Sec. 502) Renames the Capital Children's Museum in Washington, D.C., the National Children's Museum.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on August 1, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 - Amends the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA), including its subchapter B, the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and its subchapter C, the newly-titled Museum Services Act (MSA), to extend the authorization of appropriations and revise programs.
 

Title I: General Provisions - 
(Sec. 101) Revises MLSA subchapter A general provisions to set forth definitions of "obscene" and "determined to be obscene."
(Sec. 102) Replaces the National Museum Services Board with a National Museum and Library Services Board, established in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
(Sec. 103) Requires the IMLS Director to: (1) ensure coordination with certain activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and other Federal activities; and (2) establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating applications to receive financial assistance under MLSA.
Prohibits use of funds under MLSA (including LSTA and MSA) for projects determined to be obscene. Sets forth procedures for treatment of such projects.
(Sec. 104) Provides for Board establishment and membership. Directs the President, with Senate advice and consent, to appoint U.S. citizens as voting members of the Board as follows: (1) ten from among individuals who are specially qualified by education, training, or experience in library services, or their commitment to libraries, with five of these being professional library or information specialists, at least one knowledgeable about electronic information and one about information needs of underserved communities; and (2) ten who are specially qualified by education, training, or experience in museum services, or their commitment to museums, with five of these being museum professionals, some affiliated with certain types of museums. Makes the following nonvoting members of the Board: the IMLS Director, the Deputy Director for the Office of Library Services, the Deputy Director for the Office of Museum Services, and the Chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
(Sec. 105) Revises requirements for annual national awards to outstanding libraries and museums that have made significant contributions in service to their communities.
Requires the IMLS Director to conduct and publish analyses of the impact of museum and library services.
Prohibits use of funds under MLSA (including LSTA and MSA) for construction expenses.

Title II: Library Services and Technology -
 (Sec. 203) Extends the authorization of appropriations for library services and technology through FY 2009. Increases the percentage of such funds which may be used for Federal administrative costs.
(Sec. 204) Increases the alternative minimum allotment to States under certain conditions.
(Sec. 206) Revises required uses of grants to States to include: (1) expanding services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages; (2) developing library services that provide all users access to information through local, State, regional, national, and international electronic networks; (3) developing public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations; and (4) targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills.
(Sec. 207) Allows national leadership grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to be used for recruitment, as well as education and training, of library and information science personnel.

Title III: Museum Services - 
Museum Services Act - Renames and revises museum services provisions under MLSA subchapter C as the Museum Services Act.
(Sec. 302) Defines "museum" to include aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children's museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.
(Sec. 303) Revises the types of museum services activities which may be supported under MSA to include: (1) providing learning and access to collections, information, and educational resources in a variety of formats (including exhibitions, programs, publications, and websites) for individuals of all ages; (2) building learning partnerships with schools and developing museum resources and programs in support of State and local school curricula; (3) assessing, conserving, researching, maintaining, and exhibiting collections, and providing educational programs to the public through the use of collections; (4) greater collaboration among museums, libraries, schools, and other community organizations in order to share resources and strengthen communities; (5) use of new technologies and broadcast media to enhance access to museum collections, programs, and services; (6) services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds and to individuals with disabilities; (7) professional development and technical assistance programs; and (8) research, program evaluation, and the collection and dissemination of information to museum professionals and the public.
(Sec. 304) Repeals provisions for a National Award for Museum Service (replaced by national awards for museum service and for library service).
(Sec. 305) Extends the authorization of appropriations for museum services through FY 2009.
(Sec. 306) Provides that subchapter C of MLSA shall be called the Museum Services Act.

Title IV: National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act - 
(Sec. 401) Amends the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act with respect to contributions and membership.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - 
(Sec. 501) Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to increase maximum limits on liability amounts.
(Sec. 502) Renames the Capital Children's Museum in Washington, D.C., the National Children's Museum.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Became Public Law No: 108-81.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Became Public Law No: 108-81.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H8248-8254; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H8248-8251)
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H8248-8254; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H8248-8251)
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 13
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Mr. Hoekstra moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Passed Senate in lieu of S.888 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S.888 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.888 amended.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10931)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 416 - 2 (Roll no. 47). (text: CR H1644-1647)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 416 - 2 (Roll no. 47).(text: CR H1644-1647)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous  order of the House.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 13.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 13.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Considered by previous order of the House. (consideration: CR H1644-1647, H1651-1652)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Consideration initiated by previous order of the House.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Mr. Dreier asked unanimous consent That it be in order at any time without intervention of any point of order on Thursday, March 6, 2003, to consider in the House H.R. 13; that the bill be considered as read for amendment; be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-16.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-16.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E11)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-81