H.R. 751 · 102nd Congress · enacted
National Literacy Act of 1991
Became Public Law No: 102-73.
Latest official action 1991-07-25 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
National Literacy Act of 1991 - Title I: Literacy: Strategic Planning, Research, and Coordination - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to direct the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education to coordinate literacy-related programs. Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to establish the National Institute for Literacy and the National Institute Board. Authorizes the Institute to award Literacy Leader Fellowships. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to establish a network of State or regional adult literacy resource centers. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Workforce Literacy - Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Workforce Literacy Assistance Collaborative. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to revise provisions for national workforce literacy strategies grants to business, industry, labor, and education partnerships for workplace literacy. Requires the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), in awarding grants for exemplary demonstration partnerships for workplace literacy, to: (1) give priority to partnerships which include small businesses; and (2) limit such grant awards to not more than three years. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount, whenever appropriations for workforce literacy partnership grants exceed a certain level,…
Congressional Research Service · 1991-06-26
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Cosponsor
Kweisi Mfume
House · MD District 7 · Democratic
$201,544PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Eleanor Holmes Norton
House · DC · Democratic
$12,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
67 of 67 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordUA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)$10,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,994
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $9,994
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$8,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $8,500
Official PAC recordPITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordTRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$5,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC$5,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordVICTORY NOW PAC$5,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordCITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordCITYPAC$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordSOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPAC)$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordSUN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordTO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PAC$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordWAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordAMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$2,500
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordSEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION - SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NA-AGLIW$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordTRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION'S TIAPAC$2,500
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordTRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC.$2,500
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordUNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND$2,500
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordAT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$2,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordDEMOCRATS WIN FUND$2,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$2,000
Kweisi Mfume · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$2,000
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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