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United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [HB-133]
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Directs the Department of State to develop a strategy to enhance economic cooperation and expand professional and educational exchange programs between the United States and Mexico. The State Department shall develop strategies to encourage more academic exchanges between the countries, as well as exchanges to encourage strengthening business skills and entrepreneurship. The State Department shall also promote energy infrastructure coordination and educational development. It shall also assess ways to develop partnerships between the countries'
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Became Public Law No: 116-260. on 12/27/2020
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-21]
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Provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills: the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 5. on 01/08/2019
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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-6147]
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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 2) Specifies that, unless this bill expressly provides otherwise, references to "this Act" included in a division refer only to the provisions of that division. (Sec. 3) Specifies the committee reports that apply for the purpose of implementing each division. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 This division
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 09/07/2018
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Office of Rural Broadband Act [S.2959]
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Office of Rural Broadband Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Office of Rural Broadband, whose duties shall include: coordinating with the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to ensure the success of initiatives and programs, coordinating with the Universal Service Administrative Company to maintain information regarding programs that deploy rural broadband, coordinating with agencies to remove barriers to broadband deployment, and tracking broadband
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/24/2018
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support. [S.2958]
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support. This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for support under the E-rate program, which provides discounted telecommunications services to certain schools and libraries.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 05/24/2018
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a strategy to deploy fifth generation mobile networks (5G networks) and next-generation wireless and wired technologies to promote economic development and digital innovation throughout the United States. [HR-521]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a strategy to deploy fifth generation mobile networks (5G networks) and next-generation wireless and wired technologies to promote economic development and digital innovation throughout the United States. Supports the deployment and advancement of fifth generation (5G) mobile networks to encourage economic growth and reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should commit to modernizing infrastructure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 09/15/2017
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Tribal Connect Act of 2018 [HB-5661]
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Tribal Connect Act of 2018 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support (E-rate) program to include support for Indian tribal libraries that are eligible for support under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), without regard to whether the libraries are eligible for assistance from state library administrative agencies under the LSTA. The E-rate program provides discounted telecommunications services to certain schools and libraries. The Federal Communications Commission
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 04/27/2018
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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018 [S.2418]
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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence a rulemaking to establish a national standard for determining whether mobile broadband service in rural areas is reasonably comparable to the service provided in urban areas. The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strength and speed of mobile broadband service from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The service provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban areas if the average
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-345. on 10/09/2018
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Open Internet Preservation Act [HB-4682]
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Open Internet Preservation Act This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 by prohibiting broadband internet access service providers from: (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; and (2) impairing or degrading lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device. These prohibitions do not prevent providers from offering specialized services that are offered over the same network and may share network capacity with the broadband internet access
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 12/22/2017
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Office of Rural Telecommunications Act [HB-5497]
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Office of Rural Telecommunications Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Office of Rural Telecommunications, whose duties shall include: coordinating with the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to ensure the success of initiatives and programs, coordinating with the Universal Service Administrative Company to maintain information regarding Connect American Fund programs that deploy rural broadband, coordinating with agencies to remove barriers to rural
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Introduced In House on 04/12/2018
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Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018 [HB-4800]
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Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require states to evaluate the need to install broadband conduit in any project to construct a new highway or additional lane or paved shoulder for an existing highway that is begun after the enactment of this bill and that receives funding under the federal-aid highway program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 01/17/2018
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To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit a report on filing requirements under the Universal Service Fund programs. [HB-3523]
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To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit a report on filing requirements under the Universal Service Fund programs. This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Congress on the filing requirements for telecommunications carriers or service providers that receive Universal Service Fund support under the Communications Act of 1934 to provide service to qualifying low-income consumers, rural or high-cost areas, rural health care
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 07/28/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017 [HB-1581]
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Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend to Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, Indian allotments, and areas with high populations of Indian people the universal service principle that telecommunications and information services in rural, insular, and high cost areas should be accessible at rates reasonably comparable to urban areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017
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21st Century Worker Opportunity Act [HB-1534]
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21st Century Worker Opportunity Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a program that provides displaced workers with a subsidy or coupon for a lump sum payment of $500 that may only be applied towards: (1) broadband Internet access service, or (2) remote job training in a profession not likely to be automated in the next 20 years. A "displaced worker" is defined as an individual who, due to automation of machinery that replaces human labor, has been terminated or laid off from employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Dingell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017
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Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission (BRAC) Act [HB-1469]
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Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission (BRAC) Act This bill establishes within the legislative branch the Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission to review certain means-tested welfare programs. A "means-tested welfare program" is any federal program that is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits exclusively to low-income Americans. The bill specifies several programs that are either considered or not considered means-tested welfare programs for the purpose of this bill. The commission must identify changes in law to structure
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 03/23/2017
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PSC Oversight Act of 2017 Preserving State Commission Oversight Act of 2017 [S.421]
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PSC Oversight Act of 2017 Preserving State Commission Oversight Act of 2017 This bill nullifies a Federal Communications Commission regulation that prohibits a state commission from designating Lifeline broadband providers that are eligible to accept government subsidies in exchange for providing discounted Internet service to qualifying low-income consumers under the universal service program. The bill also amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit anything in such Act or the Telecommunications Act of 1996 from being construed as modifying
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/16/2017
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Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1184]
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Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to adopt or continue in force regulations on the use of inmate telephone and video services that enable persons incarcerated in correctional institutions to originate calls at payphones, telephones, or video kiosks designated for the personal use of inmates. The regulations must: (1) prescribe variable maximum per-minute compensation rates depending on factors such as carrier costs and the size of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 02/17/2017
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PSC Oversight Act of 2017 Preserving State Commission Oversight Act of 2017 [HB-1139]
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PSC Oversight Act of 2017 Preserving State Commission Oversight Act of 2017 This bill nullifies a Federal Communications Commission regulation that prohibits a state commission from designating Lifeline broadband providers that are eligible to accept government subsidies in exchange for providing discounted Internet service to qualifying low-income consumers under the universal service program. The bill also amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit anything in such Act or the Telecommunications Act of 1996 from being construed as modifying
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 02/17/2017
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Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 [S.228]
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Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 This bill exempts for five years any small business broadband Internet access service provider with no more than 250,000 subscribers from the enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under which any person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service must disclose publicly accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for: consumers to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (sponsor Introductory Remarks: Cr S451; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S451) on 01/24/2017