Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2022
Latest action · Jun 15, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 15, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2022
This bill expands the public housing utility allowance for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunch to include the cost of high-speed internet service.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 15, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Jun 15, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 15, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2022Introduced in House
- Jun 15, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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. 168, no. 102, June 15, 2022, page H5611.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6534 | Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Apr 17, 2020 |
| HR 7948 | Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 11, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To include reasonable costs for high-speed internet service in the utility allowances for families residing in public housing, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2022Introduced 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.
