NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits an institution that receives assistance exceeding $2.5 million from receiving further assistance until every other eligible institution has received assistance under this Act.
Requires: (1) annual reports from recipients to the Secretary on the use of such assistance; and (2) a report from the Secretary to Congress evaluating the program.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2001 to Sep 3, 2002; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Feb 28, 2001 |
| D-SC | Ernest F. Hollings | Original | Feb 28, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Feb 28, 2001 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | Feb 28, 2001 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Zell Miller | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Mar 8, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Mar 13, 2001 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Mar 29, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-MO | Jean Carnahan | Oct 30, 2001 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Oct 30, 2001 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | Feb 28, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Apr 11, 2002 | |
| D-NC | John Edwards | May 15, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2001Markup May 17, 2002Reported Jul 9, 2002 |
| Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee | Hearings Feb 27, 2002 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2002Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Hollings with amendments. With written report No. 107-207.
- Jul 9, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
- May 17, 2002Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Feb 27, 2002Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-1097.
- Feb 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9683 | Max Cleland D-GA | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1705Text printed S1706 | Max Cleland D-GA (text) | Feb 28, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 24, 2002S. 414, NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 16, 2002</p>
- May 24, 2002S. 414, NTIA Digital Network Technology Program ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 16, 2002
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-1074 | FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION75 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 22, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-1024 | TRIBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ISSUES93 pages | Indian Affairs Committee · Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 14, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-1097 | S. 414, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS80 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Feb 27, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-1130 | S. 415, AVIATION COMPETITION RESTORATION ACT75 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Mar 13, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1034 | NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act | Identical bill | May 8, 2001 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish a digital network technology program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Alaska
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Black colleges
- Commerce
- Computer literacy
- Computer networks
- Computer software
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers in education
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hawaiians
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Indian education
- Indigenous peoples
- Librarians
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority education
- Paraprofessional school personnel
- Preschool education
- Public-private partnerships
- School administrators
- School libraries
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Teacher education
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2002Reported to Senate
- Feb 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
