HR 4582 · 96th Congress · Education

Talking Book Act

Introduced 1979-06-22· Sponsored by Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1979-06-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Talking Book Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a program of grants for assisting public and private nonprofit organizations in producing talking books through the use of volunteer readers and to establish and implement procedures for distributing talking books so produced to talking book centers. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Library of Congress concerning: (1) the titles that have been produced as talking books under the Federal law which provides specially adapted reading services for the blind and the physically handicapped; and (2) the system for distributing such books to the talking book centers.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat