Broadband Deployment Acceleration Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 30, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E725-726)
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 29, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Broadband Deployment Acceleration Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to elect to expense (i.e., deduct all expenses in the current taxable year) qualified broadband expenditures, including installation and connection costs for subscribers in rural or underserved areas.
Permits mutual or cooperative telephone companies to elect to reduce their unrelated business taxable income in any year by the amount of their qualified broadband expenditures.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) designate census tracts identifying rural and underserved areas under this Act; and (2) prescribe regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Prohibits federal or state agencies from adopting regulations and ratemaking procedures that would eliminate or reduce the broadband expense deduction provided by this Act.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2007 to Apr 24, 2008; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jul 24, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Jul 24, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jul 25, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Nov 7, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Nov 7, 2007 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Nov 7, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 24, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E725-726)
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E725 | Doris O. Matsui D-CA | Mar 30, 2007 |
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 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-48 | H.R. , A DISCUSSION DRAFT ADDRESSING BROADBAND MAPPING AND DATA COLLECTION145 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 17, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Broadband Deployment Acceleration Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Administrative procedure
- Antennas
- Broadband
- Cable television
- Capital investments
- Commerce
- Communication satellites
- Cooperative societies
- Corporation taxes
- Department of the Treasury
- Depreciation and amortization
- Depressed areas
- District of Columbia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Enterprise zones
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Internet
- Law
- Lease and rental services
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tax deductions
- Tax returns
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
- Telecommunication industry
- Telecommunication systems
- Telephone
- Television relay systems
- Urban affairs
- Wireless communication
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in House
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.
