Home Internet Accessibility Act
Latest action · Feb 2, 2023 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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- 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 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2023 to Dec 20, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Feb 2, 2023 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 21, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 15, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Aug 9, 2024 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Oct 29, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Dec 20, 2024 |
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 Feb 2, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 22, February 2, 2023, page H683.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47506 | The Persistent Digital Divide: Selected Broadband Deployment Issues and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Apr 18, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Home Internet Accessibility Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2023Introduced 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.
