Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act
Latest action · Jan 13, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
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.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, when distributing funds for broadband deployment, to give priority to projects for small ports and projects on cropland or ranchland.
In addition, a recipient of such rural broadband buildout funding must provide certain geolocation information as a condition of receiving the funds.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2019 to Jan 17, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Dec 18, 2019 |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Dec 18, 2019 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 17, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Dec 19, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Dec 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2385 | Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Farmland
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Rural conditions and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Telecommunication rates and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Introduced in House
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