S 430 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2001

Introduced Mar 1, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY

Latest action · Mar 1, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1765)

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.

IntroducedMar 1, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2001 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to research means of enhancing or facilitating: (1) the availability of broadband telecommunications services in rural and other remote areas; and (2) access to the Internet through such services. Requires the Director to make public the results of such research.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2001 to Apr 4, 2001; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Mar 1, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan		Apr 4, 2001

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 Mar 1, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 1, 2001Introduced in Senate
Mar 1, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1761-1762, S1766-1767)
Mar 1, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1765)

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S1761, S1767Text printed S1765Summaries S1766	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY (text), Max Baucus D-MT	Mar 1, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to provide incentives to promote broadband telecommunications services in rural America, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 1, 2001Introduced in Senate

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