Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".
Latest action · Jan 14, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJan 7, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that, in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way" by: (1) promoting investment through deregulation and free-market competition; (2) reforming the Universal Service Fund and encouraging broadband deployment in rural unserved and underserved areas through public-private partnerships; (3) making additional spectrum available for commercial use through unencumbered auctions; (4) establishing a national goal of transmitting high-quality, real-time voice, data, graphics, and video at increasingly higher speeds to all people in the United States; (5) reforming our patent and trademark system to protect leading innovators' intellectual property; and (6) ensuring individual privacy without compromising market efficiencies.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2009 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jan 14, 2009 | |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jan 14, 2009 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Jan 14, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
- Jan 7, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jan 7, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 7, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 176 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way". | Related bill | Feb 23, 2009 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Business investment and capital
- Competition and antitrust
- Computers and information technology
- Government trust funds
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Intellectual property
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Right of privacy
- Rural conditions and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Telecommunication rates and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2009Introduced in House
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