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Museum and Library Services Act of 2018

Public Law 115-410 · S. 3530 · 115th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Dec 31, 2018 · Arts, Culture, Religion

Sponsor: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)

Cosponsors (23): Sen. Susan Collins,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 331 yea, 28 nay331–28
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Museum and Library Services Act of 2018

This bill amends and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Museum and Library Services Act and provides funding for library services and technology through FY2025.

(Sec. 8) The bill expands the definitions of "library" and "museum" to include a tribal library or museum and expands the services museums are authorized to provide.

(Sec. 19) The Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the 21st Century Museum Professional Program established by this bill, may enter into arrangements with museum, museum consortia and associations, institutions of higher education, and other entities for projects to

• increase the number of students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds enrolled in graduate and undergraduate museum-related programs;

• recruit future museum professionals from such backgrounds;

• develop new or enhance current professional development and retention programs for museum professionals and the museum workforce; and

• support and conduct research, needs assessments, pilot programs, and evaluation of education and professional development programs to recruit, prepare, educate, and retain the next generation of museum professionals.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 115th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 331 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

331 yea28 nay73 present or did not vote

ProEstablishmentAnti
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(161)

Republicans who voted yea(170)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1152 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 6988Identical bill

    Museum and Library Services Act of 2018

  • S. 2271Related bill

    Museum and Library Services Act of 2017

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 19 actions.

  1. Dec 31, 2018Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 115-410.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Dec 27, 2018FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Dec 19, 2018FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 331 - 28 (Roll no. 445).House roll call 445
  6. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  7. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Banks (IN) objected to the Yea - Nay vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as with…
  8. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3530.
  9. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  10. FloorFloor · Mr. Banks (IN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. Dec 6, 2018FloorFloor · Held at the desk.
  12. FloorFloor · Received in the House.
  13. FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  14. Dec 4, 2018FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
  15. Dec 3, 2018CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707.
  16. CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with amendments. Without written report.
  17. Nov 29, 2018CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  18. Sep 28, 2018CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6389)
  19. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
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Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.

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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.