US SB1166 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Creates a grant program for the establishment and expansion of facilities through which internet service providers and content delivery networks exchange internet traffic (internet exchange facilities) in unserved or underserved areas. Further, the bill allows recipients of funding from the E-Rate and Telehealth programs to apply such funds to the procurement or maintenance of a connection to an internet exchange facility.
Title
Internet Exchange Act of 2019 Internet Exchange and Submarine Cable Act of 2020
Sponsors
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-12-15 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629. |
2020-12-15 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. |
2020-11-18 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
2019-04-11 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3869 (Same As) 2019-07-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Internet and video services
Science, technology, communications
Telecommunication rates and fees
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Department of Commerce
Internet and video services
Science, technology, communications
Telecommunication rates and fees
Urban and suburban affairs and development