Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Summary
The Books Save Lives Act requires public libraries that receive federal assistance and school libraries in elementary and secondary schools that get federal funds to maintain collections that include books written, illustrated, or about members of underrepresented communities. It also requires each covered school library to be staffed by a trained librarian. The law treats the removal of such books that causes a disparate impact as prima facie evidence of discrimination under existing civil‑rights statutes and orders a report on recent book‑ban campaigns.
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