# 117-hr-8204: No Cost Educational Resources Act

117-hr-8204, No Cost Educational Resources Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8204
- Congress: 117
- Title: No Cost Educational Resources Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2022-06-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

No Cost Educational Resources Act This bill authorizes the Institute of Museum and Library Services to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for facilitating the adoption, adaption, and creation of open educational reading materials and establishing more open educational reading material courses. Open educational reading material refers to a free digital text that is publicly available to be downloaded and redistributed. Open educational reading material course refers to a science, technology, engineering, or math course offered by an IHE that uses only open educational reading materials as the form of the required readings for the course.

## Related bills

- 117-hr-4693: Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021
- 117-hr-1667: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
- 117-hr-1448: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 117-hr-3076: Postal Service Reform Act of 2022
- 117-hr-521: First Responder Fair RETIRE Act

## Sources
- [117-hr-8204 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8204)

## Related
- [117-hr-4693: Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4693)
- [117-hr-1667: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1667)
- [117-hr-1448: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1448)
- [117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3537)
- [117-hr-3076: Postal Service Reform Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3076)
- [117-hr-521: First Responder Fair RETIRE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-521)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8204 (as of 2025-11-18).