PAGE Act

Bill: 116-hr-2434
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-01
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Child safety and welfare

Congressional operations and organization

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

House of Representatives

Youth employment and child labor
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Promoting American Government Education Act or the PAGE Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to resume the operation of the Page Program in the House. In addition, the bill revises the membership of the Page Board to include a new position for an individual who has expertise in representing the legal interests of minors (i.e., a guardian ad litem) and to waive the requirement for the board member who is a parent of a page to be the parent of a page who participated in the program within the past five years.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2434 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2019 Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To resume the operation of the page program for the House of Representatives.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting American Government Education Act or the PAGE Act . 2. Resumption of operation of page program for House of Representatives (a) Resumption of program Effective beginning with the first semester of the first academic year which begins after the appointment of members of the House of Representatives Page Board under subsection (c), the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall provide for the resumption of the operation of the page program for the House of Representatives which was in operation during the One Hundred Tenth Congress. (b) Appointment of member of House of Representatives Page Board To represent interests of pages (1) In general Section 2(a) of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by section 127 of Public Law 97–377 ( 2 U.S.C. 4912(a) ), is amended— (A) by striking and at the end of paragraph (3); (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: (4) one individual who has expertise in representing the legal interests of minors, such as by serving as a guardian ad litem; and . (2) Conforming amendment Section 2(b) of such Resolution ( 2 U.S.C. 4912(b) ) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) . (c) Process for appointment of members of Page Board (1) Deadline for appointment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House shall appoint members of the House of Representatives Page Board under section 2 of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by section 127 of Public Law 97–377 ( 2 U.S.C. 4912 ). (2) Special rule for appointment of member who was parent of a page Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 2(a) of the House Resolution referred to in paragraph (1) ( 2 U.S.C. 4912(a) ), the Speaker and the Minority Leader may appoint as a member of the House of Representatives Page Board under such paragraph an individual who, at any time prior to the individual’s appointment, was a parent of a page participating in the page program of the House of Representatives.