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HRES 176 111th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advanced technology and technological innovations Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Business investment and capital Competition and antitrust Computers and information technology Government trust funds Industrial policy and productivity Intellectual property Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation Right of privacy Rural conditions and development Telecommunication rates and fees

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".

Introduced: February 13, 2009 Introduced by: Latta, Robert E. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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To President
Became law
Feb 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Feb 13, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that, in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way" by: (1) promoting investment through deregulation and free-market competition; (2) reforming the Universal Service Fund and encouraging broadband deployment in rural unserved and underserved areas through public-private partnerships; (3) making additional spectrum available for commercial use through unencumbered auctions; (4) establishing a national goal of transmitting high-quality, real-time voice, data, graphics, and video at increasingly higher speeds to all people in the United States; (5) reforming our patent and trademark system to protect leading innovators' intellectual property; and (6) ensuring individual privacy without compromising market efficiencies.

What's happening now February 23, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.

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