US Congress House Bill 1685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support for broadband under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program to enable qualifying low-income customers residing in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband service at reduced charges by reimbursing providers who elect to participate in the program for each such customer served. Establishes a program model under which qualifying individuals may elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service, voice telephony service, or broadband service, whether each service is purchased stand-alone or in a bundle. Authorizes the FCC to determine whether state matching funds may be provided as a condition of eligibility for low-income households within such state. Requires the program to be technology neutral to promote competition from service providers. Requires a broadband service provider that is not an eligible telecommunications carrier to obtain FCC authorization to participate in the program. Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt regulations to prevent duplicative Lifeline subsidies from being awarded to an individual eligible household, and (2) establish a national database to determine consumer eligibility. Limits qualifying individuals to only one Lifeline program support amount per eligible household.

Broadband Adoption Act of 2013

Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1685/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1685/BILLS-113hr1685ih.pdf