Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 27, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019
This bill nullifies rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission that revoke state and local authority to regulate telecommunications equipment deployment and to determine the amount of payment for the use of such equipment.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2019 to Nov 19, 2019; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jun 27, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Nov 7, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Nov 19, 2019 |
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 Jun 27, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 27, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-12 | SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO CUTTING POLLUTION AND BUILDING RESILIENCE65 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Oct 22, 2019 |
| S. Hrg. 116-16 | BUILDING OUT INDIAN COUNTRY: TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT58 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Apr 10, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 530 | Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 25, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide that certain regulatory actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 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.
