Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act
Latest action · Nov 22, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 21, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish the Mobile Hotspot Grant Program.
Under the program, the NTIA may provide grants to eligible institutions (e.g., elementary and secondary schools, universities, Indian Tribes, or libraries) to facilitate a mobile hotspot program that provides students with a portable hotspot device for connecting to the internet. The NTIA shall prioritize institutions that will provide hotspots to the highest number of low-income students and, to the extent practicable, shall disburse at least 5% of grant funds to Indian Tribes and 5% to U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2019 to Jun 4, 2020, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Nov 21, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1485)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Congressional oversight
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Higher education
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Libraries and archives
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House
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