HR 42
110th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Broadband
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Internet
Social Welfare
Technological innovations
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
Welfare recipients
Wireless communication
Serving Everyone with Reliable, Vital Internet, Communications, and Education Act of 2007
Introduced: January 4, 2007
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jan 4, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 4, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Serving Everyone with Reliable, Vital Internet, Communications, and Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program and the Link Up Program. Requires a report to Congress on the benefit level for the programs that will encourage low-income consumers to seek broadband service, projections on potential broadband consumers if the service was economically feasible, industry requirements to provide broadband service in underserved areas, and policy proposals regarding gaps in broadband availability.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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