Authorizes the President to call and conduct a White House Conference on Library and Information Services to develop recommendations for improvement of such services and their public use. Requires such Conference to be held not earlier than September 1, 1989, and not later than September 30, 1991.
Requires that the Conference be planned and conducted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, the Director of the National Library of Medicine, and the Director of the National Agricultural Library, upon request, to detail personnel to the Commission.
Requires the Conference to submit a final report to the President within 120 days following its close. Directs that the final report be made public and within 90 days after receipt by the President, transmitted to the Congress with recommendations.
Establishes an advisory committee to assist in planning and conducting the Conference. Includes among its appointed members the Secretary of Education and the Librarian of Congress.
Authorizes appropriations.
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Williams, Ford (MI), Owens (NY), Jeffords, Coleman (MO).
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House requests a conference.
Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Pell; Kennedy; Matsunaga; Dodd; Mikulski; Stafford; Hatch; Quayle; Thurmond.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-765 Filed in House.
Conference Report 100-765 Filed in House.
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and official papers held at the desk in Senate.
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 100-382.
Became Public Law No: 100-382.
Enacted as Public Law 100-382
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