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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 |
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 Nov 16, 2015Markup Jun 15, 2016Reported Dec 6, 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
- Nov 16, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7969; text of measure as introduced: CR S7969-7970)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7969Text printed S7969 | Steve Daines R-MT (text) | Nov 16, 2015 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 1, 2016S. 2283, Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 15, 2016
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40616 | The Federal Net Neutrality Debate: Access to Broadband Networks Archived | Report | Feb 24, 2021 |
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 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 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
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.
