S 88 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 22, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV

Latest action · Jan 22, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

IntroducedJan 22, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the broadband credit which shall be the sum of: (1) the current generation broadband credit; plus (2) the next generation broadband credit. Defines terms.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2001 to May 8, 2002; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-WY	Craig Thomas	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-SC	Ernest F. Hollings	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NV	Harry Reid	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-NC	Jesse Helms	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NC	John Edwards	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-ND	Kent Conrad	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Jan 22, 2001
R-OK	James M. Inhofe		Jan 24, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman		Jan 24, 2001
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Jan 29, 2001
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone		Jan 29, 2001
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye		Jan 30, 2001
R-CO	Wayne Allard		Jan 30, 2001
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Jan 31, 2001
R-AR	Tim Hutchinson		Jan 31, 2001
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith		Feb 1, 2001
R-NH	Bob Smith		Feb 7, 2001
R-ID	Mike Crapo		Feb 7, 2001
R-PA	Rick Santorum		Feb 7, 2001
R-VA	John Warner		Feb 8, 2001
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Feb 8, 2001
R-UT	Robert F. Bennett		Feb 8, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli		Feb 27, 2001
R-AK	Ted Stevens		Feb 27, 2001
R-NH	Judd Gregg		Mar 1, 2001
R-KY	Jim Bunning		Mar 6, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Apr 24, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Apr 24, 2001
D-SC	Strom Thurmond		May 14, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		May 16, 2001
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan		Jun 14, 2001
R-VA	George Allen		Jun 14, 2001
R-NV	John Ensign		Jun 18, 2001
R-CO	Ben Nighthorse Campbell		Jun 27, 2001
D-FL	Bill Nelson		Jul 25, 2001
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Jul 25, 2001
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Sep 4, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Sep 12, 2001
R-IA	Chuck Grassley		Nov 1, 2001
D-LA	John B. Breaux		Nov 27, 2001
D-MO	Jean Carnahan		May 8, 2002

Withdrew 1 Sam Brownback R-KS Feb 6, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Jan 22, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
Jan 22, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S345-346)
Jan 22, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 S5768	Tim Johnson D-SD	Jun 19, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S345, S346Explanations S345	Conrad R. Burns R-MT, John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV	Jan 22, 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.

Printed hearings 2

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. 107-1144	H.R. 1542, INTERNET FREEDOM AND BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT OF 200161 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Mar 20, 2002
S. Hrg. 107-934	NOMINATIONS OF JOHN HAMMERSCHMIDT TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD; JEFFREY RUNGE TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; NANCY VICTORY TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION; AND OTTO WOLFF TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER67 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Aug 1, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 267	Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001	Identical bill	Jan 30, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incentive to ensure that all Americans gain timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability.
Short Titles as Introduced: Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate

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