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HR 2534 106th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Arts, Culture, Religion Computer-assisted instruction Computers in education Congress Congressional reporting requirements Distance education Education Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Elementary schools High schools Internet Libraries Multimedia systems Secondary education

Science and Educational Networking Act

Introduced: July 15, 1999 Introduced by: Larson, John B. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.
Jul 15, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Jul 15, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Science and Educational Networking Act - Amends the High- Performance Computing Act of 1991 to require the Director of the National Science Foundation to submit to Congress a report that: (1) identifies the most appropriate, effective, and economical means of providing all public elementary and secondary schools and libraries in the United States with high-speed, large bandwidth capacity access to the Internet, the ability to transmit and receive data, voice, and other types of communication media, and distance learning; (2) identifies how such Internet access can be available at individual workstations within each school and library; (3) considers the effect that specific or regional circumstances may have on the appropriateness of using different methods and technologies to achieve such goals for different schools or libraries; and (4) includes options and recommendations for achieving such goals and a plan for implementing such recommendations.

What's happening now July 21, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.

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