Rural America Technology Enhancement Act of 2001
Latest action · Dec 3, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the rural telecommunications facilities investment tax credit.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a proceeding to provide Federal universal service support for the deployment of broadband telecommunications service to eligible rural communities.
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administrative Organization Act to direct the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture to make loans or other credit extensions to eligible telecommunications carrier providers, or to companies that accept the obligations of such carriers, to finance the deployment of broadband service to eligible rural communities.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Office of Rural Technology to act as an information center about programs that offer technology assistance to entities in rural areas.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a rural high tech employment tax credit.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support the expansion of opportunities in rural areas for instruction in high technology fields and enterprises.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 6, 2001 to Jan 29, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Tom Osborne | Original | Sep 6, 2001 |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Sep 21, 2001 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Oct 2, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Oct 9, 2001 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Nov 14, 2001 | |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Nov 14, 2001 | |
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Dec 5, 2001 | |
| D-AL | Earl F. Hilliard | Jan 24, 2002 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jan 29, 2002 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Jan 29, 2002 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2001 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 17, 2001 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2001 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2001 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Sep 17, 2001 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2001 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Dec 3, 2001 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Sep 17, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- Sep 17, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
- Sep 17, 2001Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Sep 6, 2001Introduced in House
- Sep 6, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5445)
- Sep 6, 2001Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5445 | Leonard L. Boswell D-IA | Sep 6, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To encourage the deployment of broadband telecommunications in rural America, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rural America Technology Enhancement Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Apprenticeship
- Business income tax
- Cable television
- Commerce
- Computer literacy
- Cooperative societies
- Data banks
- Department of Agriculture
- Direct broadcast satellites
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee training
- Employment tax credits
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to rural areas
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- High technology
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Information technology
- Interest rates
- Internet
- Investment tax credit
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Nonprofit organizations
- Rural economic development
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Space activities
- Surety and fidelity
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
- Technical education
- Telecommunication industry
- Telecommunication rates
- Telecommunication systems
- Telecommuting
- Telephone
- Television relay systems
- Wages
- Wireless communication
- Youth employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2001Introduced in House
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