Internet Exchange and Submarine Cable Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 15, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Internet Exchange and Submarine Cable Act of 2020
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to award grants for the establishment and expansion of facilities through which internet service providers and content delivery networks exchange internet traffic (internet exchange facilities) in unserved or underserved areas. The NTIA must also award grants to states and Native American tribes to build infrastructure and acquire necessary equipment to establish or expand an open-access, carrier-neutral submarine cable landing station that serves a military facility.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2019 to Jun 4, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 11, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jun 4, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 11, 2019Markup Nov 18, 2020Reported Dec 15, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 15, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
- Nov 18, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7411 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Dec 10, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1828 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Mar 19, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6940 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6704 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Nov 20, 2019 |
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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47648 | Protection of Undersea Telecommunication Cables: Issues for Congress | Report | Aug 7, 2023 |
| RL30719 | Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs Archived | Report | Oct 25, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3869 | Internet Exchange Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jul 23, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to make grants for the establishment or expansion of internet exchange facilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Internet Exchange Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Internet Exchange and Submarine Cable Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2020Reported to Senate
- Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
