ACCESS Rural America Act
Latest action · Dec 12, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 836.
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.
- IntroducedSep 7, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access to Capital Creates Economic Strength and Supports Rural America Act or the ACCESS Rural America Act
This bill increases the shareholder registration threshold for issuers receiving support through federal universal service support mechanisms, which provide communication services to underserved areas.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 7, 2018 to Sep 12, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Sep 7, 2018 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2018Markup Sep 13, 2018Reported Dec 12, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1077.
- Dec 12, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 836.
- Sep 13, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 15.
- Sep 7, 2018Introduced in House
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
- Nov 16, 2018H.R. 6745, ACCESS Rural America ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 13, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 149, September 7, 2018, page H7942.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3650 | ACCESS Rural America Act | Related bill | Nov 15, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the shareholder threshold for registration under such Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- ACCESS Rural America Act
- Access to Capital Creates Economic Strength and Supports Rural America Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- ACCESS Rural America Act
- Access to Capital Creates Economic Strength and Supports Rural America Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial services and investments
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Licensing and registrations
- Securities
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Telecommunication rates and fees
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2018Reported in House
- Sep 7, 2018Introduced 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.
