Legislation Committee

Current Members | Bylaws | Policies and Procedures Manual (PPM)

The Legislation Committee:

• identifies issues requiring legislative action;
• prepares or advises on resolutions for the membership, Steering Committee, task forces and committees;
• assists the ALA Washington Office on issues affecting federal government legislation; and
• assists and coordinates legislative action with other ALA bodies.

Further content is located on the GODORT Wiki.

Advocacy Resources

• National Library Legislative Day 2007
• ALA Washington Office Legislative Action Center
• "How to Use the Federal FOI (Freedom of Information) Act" (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 9th edition, 2004)
• "Justice Department Guide to the Freedom of Information Act" (U.S. Department of Justice, May 2004)
• National Action Alert Network Guidelines -- from the GODORT Policies and Procedures Manual -- The NAAN is activated when immediate action needs to be taken on legislation.

Important Legislation/Issues in the Current Congress (110th)

• Congressional Research Service Clamps Down on Public Distribution (March 22, 2007)

 Important Legislation/Issues from Past Congresses can be found  here

Related Links

• GPO Office of Congressional Relations
• Joint Committee on Printing (JCP)
• American Library Association
  • ALA Policy Manual
  • ALA Federal Legislative Policy Handbook (pdf file)
  • Committee on Legislation
  • ALA Washington Office
    • ALAWON
  • Office of Information Technology and Policy
• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
  • Washington Affairs Office
• Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
  • Federal Relations and Information Policy Program
• Medical Library Association (MLA)
  • Information Issues and Policy
• Special Libraries Association (SLA)
  • Public Policy Update
• OpentheGovernment.org
• U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
  • Government Information Policy