Small Business Broadband Deployment Act
Latest action · Jan 11, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 10, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Small Business Broadband Deployment Act
(Sec. 2) This bill exempts for five years any small business broadband Internet access service provider with no more than 250,000 subscribers from the enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under which any person engaged in the provision of 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 specified congressional committees, within 180 days after enactment of this bill, its recommendations (together with supporting data) on whether:
- this exception should be made permanent, and
- the definition of "small business" for these purposes should be modified.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2017 to Jan 10, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Jan 10, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | Jan 10, 2017 |
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 4, 2017 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jan 11, 2017 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jan 10, 2017Mrs. Blackburn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 10, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H268-270)
- Jan 10, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 288.
- Jan 10, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H268)
- Jan 10, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H268–H270Text printed H268 | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Greg Walden R-OR, Jerry McNerney D-CA, Marsha Blackburn R-TN, Steve Chabot R-OH | Jan 10, 2017 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H97.
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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 228 | Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Small Business Broadband Deployment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2017Referred in Senate
- Jan 10, 2017Engrossed in House
- Jan 4, 2017Introduced 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.
