GATE Act
Latest action · Aug 5, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Greater Access to E-Governance Act - GATE Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to state and local governments to assist them in deploying broadband computer networks for the conduct of electronic governance transactions by citizens in local schools and libraries.
Allows such grants to be used to: (1) hire contractors or nonprofit organizations to deploy and manage such networks; (2) acquire broadband infrastructure, computers, and other equipment for such networks; and (3) acquire related software and services to support such networks.
Sets forth grant allocation criteria.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Adult education
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Broadband
- Business education
- Cable television
- Commerce
- Communication satellites
- Computer networks
- Computer software
- Continuing education
- Cost effectiveness
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic benefits transfers
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Information technology
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Libraries
- Licenses
- Public records
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Technical education
- User charges
- Wireless communication
- World Wide Web
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
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