To prohibit the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second, and clarify the broadband loan and loan guarantee authority provided in section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5213| House
| Updated: 3/28/2018
Vicky Hartzler
Republican Representative
Missouri
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act This bill prohibits the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance under specified federal programs for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Science, Technology, Communications
Congressional oversightGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRural conditions and development
To prohibit the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second, and clarify the broadband loan and loan guarantee authority provided in section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5213| House
| Updated: 3/28/2018
Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act This bill prohibits the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance under specified federal programs for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Vicky Hartzler
Republican Representative
Missouri
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Science, Technology, Communications
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Congressional oversightGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRural conditions and development