Broadband Justice Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 16, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Broadband Justice Act of 2021
This bill includes broadband high-speed internet service as a utility subsidized by federally assisted housing programs through utility allowances.
The bill also establishes grants and loans for housing providers, public housing agencies, and other public entities to provide access to broadband high-speed internet service to residents of federally assisted housing through the installation of such service and other infrastructure improvements.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2021 to Jun 15, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Mar 16, 2021 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 15, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2021 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2021Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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. 167, no. 49, March 16, 2021, page H1413.
Printed hearings 1
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. 117-2 | H.R. 1884, ``SAVE OAK FLAT ACT''122 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 13, 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47225 | Expanding Broadband: Potential Role of Municipal Networks to Address the Digital Divide Archived | Report | Aug 25, 2022 |
| R46780 | Overview of the Universal Service Fund and Selected Federal Broadband Programs Archived | Report | Jun 25, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To include broadband as a utility that tenants residing in federally assisted housing can have subsidized by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Broadband Justice Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of the Treasury
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Income tax credits
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Public housing
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Rural conditions and development
- Telecommunication rates and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2021Introduced 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.
