AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Implementation of Public Law 119-4, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, FY2025, Library issues; and Library Facilities Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2026, Library issues; and Library Facilities

DIS · Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Monitor FEMA, Eligibility of libraries for temporary relocation of essential services

EDU · Education

Institute of Museum and Library Services, Staffing and administration matters Executive Order 14238, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, Institute of Museum and Library Services Library infrastructure Department of Defense, Book bans; Literacy; E-Rate program Library of Congress, Staffing and Administration matters Monitor the following: Innovative Approaches to Literacy program, Library Facilities; and Library Resources Advancing Research in Education Act (AREA), Library Facilities; and Library Resources Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA), Library Facilities; and Library Resources Academic Library Survey, Library Facilities; and Library Resources Institute of Education Sciences, Staffing and Administration Department of Education, Staffing and Administration

LBR · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Monitor the following: Adult Education Works Act, Entirety Workforce Development issues generally A Stronger Workforce for America Act, Library issues Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Reauthorization, and Library issues