Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 This bill amends and reauthorizes through FY2023 the Museum and Library Services Act and provides funding for library services and technology through FY2023. The bill expands the definition of "library" and "museum" to include a tribal library or museum and expands the services museums are authorized to provide. 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.
Adult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesDigital mediaEconomic developmentEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial literacyHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHumanities programs fundingIndian social and development programsLibraries and archivesMinority educationMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersRural conditions and developmentState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costs
A bill to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act.
USA115th CongressS-2271| Senate
| Updated: 12/21/2017
Museum and Library Services Act of 2017 This bill amends and reauthorizes through FY2023 the Museum and Library Services Act and provides funding for library services and technology through FY2023. The bill expands the definition of "library" and "museum" to include a tribal library or museum and expands the services museums are authorized to provide. 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.
Adult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesDigital mediaEconomic developmentEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial literacyHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHumanities programs fundingIndian social and development programsLibraries and archivesMinority educationMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersRural conditions and developmentState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costs