Rural Broadband Acceleration Act.
Latest action · May 27, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedMay 27, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Broadband Acceleration Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify the framework for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction, and it establishes a deadline for the FCC to create broadband service maps.
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 27, 2020 to Dec 2, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | May 27, 2020 |
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | May 28, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 1, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 1, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 1, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 1, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jun 1, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 May 27, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 27, 2020Introduced in House
- May 27, 2020Referred 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 | Lists H2321H.R. 7022–7041 | — | May 27, 2020 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 99, May 27, 2020, page H2321.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46501 | Rural Digital Opportunity Fund: Requirements and Selected Policy Issues Archived | Report | Aug 28, 2020 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4201 | A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to accelerate the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 2, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
| HR 7447 | To direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to accelerate the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 1, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to accelerate the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rural Broadband Acceleration Act.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 27, 2020Introduced 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.
