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HRES 1292 110th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Broadband Congress Internet Legislation

Establishing a national goal for the universal deployment of next-generation broadband networks to access the internet and for other uses by 2015, and calling upon Congress and the President to develop a strategy, enact legislation, and adopt policies to accomplish this objective.

Introduced: June 20, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 20, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishes a national next-generation broadband network goal to bring, for households, businesses, and government offices, universal and affordable access to networks with the capability of transmitting data bidirectionally at: (1) 10 megabits per second by 2010; and (2) 100 megabits per second by 2015.

Directs relevant congressional committees to work with the President to develop a strategy to achieve the goal and begin, by the end of 2009, to enact specific legislation and adopt policies to implement the strategy.

What's happening now June 20, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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