21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act
- Last Action
- 5/7/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-07Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-05-07Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-05-07Introduced in House
- 2021-05-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-07 (00)
21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act
This bill creates a grant program in the Department of Labor to provide eligible entities with funds to assist individuals who are unemployed or underemployed in order to document in writing and images American society and the broad impacts and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
In addition, Labor must (1) establish a repository of works developed through the grant program in which grantees submit completed works from subgrantees, including giving credit to each writer or artist, and make such works available to the public; and (2) forward the completed work to the Library of Congress to archive such material.
The Library must establish an archive program in its American Folklife Center for collection and public availability, in a digital format of such written and visual works.
Cosponsors (20)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Marie Newman (D-IL)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
Subjects
- Art, artists, authorship
- Books and print media
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Labor-management relations
- Libraries and archives
- Library of Congress
- News media and reporting
- Photography and imaging
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- U.S. history
- Unemployment
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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