A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas.
Latest action · Dec 19, 2013 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
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.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all communications service providers must appropriately complete telephone calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by such providers; (2) no entity may unreasonably discriminate against communications service in rural areas; and (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should pursue violators of FCC rules, impose enforcement actions to discourage uncompleted telephone calls and unreasonable discrimination, and establish a definitive solution to discrimination against communications service in rural areas.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2013 to Jul 15, 2013; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Jun 4, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Jun 17, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Jul 11, 2013 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jul 15, 2013 |
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 May 23, 2013Markup Jul 30, 2013Reported Dec 19, 2013 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2013Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with a preamble. With written report No. 113-130.
- Dec 19, 2013Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
- Jul 30, 2013Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in Senate
- May 23, 2013Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 | Text printed S3865 | — | May 23, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-188 | CONNECTING URBAN AND RURAL AMERICA: THE STATE OF COMMUNICATIONS ON THE GROUND94 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Aug 19, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 536 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas. | Related bill | Apr 4, 2014 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2013Reported to Senate
- May 23, 2013Introduced in Senate
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 resolution 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.
