Federal Aid to Libraries: The Library Services and Technology Act

Publication Date: December 2003

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Education

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Legislation reauthorizing the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) as Title II -- Library Services and Technology, of the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, was signed into law (P.L. 108-81) on September 25, 2003. H.R. 13 (Hoekstra), the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, was passed by the full House on March 6, 2003. In the Senate, S. 888 (Gregg), also titled the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, was incorporated into H.R. 13 and passed by the full Senate in lieu of S. 888 with an amendment by unanimous consent, on August 1, 2003.