Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2016
Latest action · Dec 9, 2016 By Senator Thune from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 114-401. Additional views filed.
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.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill exempts any small business broadband Internet access service provider with not more than 250,000 subscribers from the enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under which any person providing broadband Internet access service must disclose publicly accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for:
- consumers to make informed choices regarding their use; and
- content, application, service, and device providers to develop, market, and maintain Internet offerings.
The FCC shall:
- report to Congress, within 180 days of enactment of this bill, its recommendations (including supporting data) on whether the exception should be made permanent, and whether the definition of "small business," for purposes of the exception, should be modified; and
- within 180 days after such report, commence a rulemaking proceeding to implement the recommendations.
This small business exception shall terminate after the later of: (1) three years after enactment of this bill; or (2) the date on which the FCC adopts rules in its rulemaking proceeding for implementing its recommendations.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 16, 2015 to Jun 28, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Apr 4, 2016 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jun 28, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2016By Senator Thune from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 114-401. Additional views filed.
- Dec 6, 2016Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 6, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 698.
- Jun 15, 2016Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Nov 16, 2015Introduced in Senate
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2666 | No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act | Related bill | Apr 21, 2016 |
| HR 4596 | Small Business Broadband Deployment Act | Related bill | Mar 17, 2016 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2016Reported to Senate
- Nov 16, 2015Introduced in Senate
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