US Congress House Bill 7520 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on July 9 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-09 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the national broadband plan, which establishes benchmarks to meet the goal of ensuring that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability. Such update shall include (1) an assessment of the progress in achieving the goals of the original national broadband plan; (2) an examination of the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on how people learn, work, receive medical information and treatment, and participate in civic communications; and (3) an analysis of the change in reliance people will have on services enabled by broadband internet access service as a result of COVID-19. The FCC must report annually on its progress toward achieving the goals of the updated national broadband plan.

National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2020

Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2020-07-09	House	Introduced in House

SB4022 (Related) 2020-06-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7520/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7520/BILLS-116hr7520ih.pdf