Home Internet Accessibility Act
Latest action · Sep 6, 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.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Home Internet Accessibility Act
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on broadband internet capacity in housing that is supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the Department of Agriculture.
In its report, the GAO must identify such housing that lacks broadband capacity and estimate the costs and time frame necessary to provide broadband capacity in such housing.
Additionally, HUD must develop a plan for retrofitting such housing to provide the capacity for broadband internet.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 6, 2022 to Sep 26, 2022, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Sep 6, 2022 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Sep 6, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 6, 2022 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Sep 6, 2022 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Sep 6, 2022 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 26, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Sep 26, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2022Introduced in House
- Sep 6, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
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- Sep 6, 2022Introduced in House
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