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HR 1343 112th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Appropriations Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Congressional oversight Government lending and loan guarantees Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media

To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.

Introduced: April 4, 2011 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 2011
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Oct 5, 2011
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 5, 2011
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6570)
Oct 5, 2011
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6570)
Oct 5, 2011
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1343.
Oct 5, 2011
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6570-6573)
Oct 5, 2011
Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 29, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
Sep 29, 2011
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Sep 29, 2011
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-228, Part I.
Apr 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 5, 2011
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 5, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 4, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Apr 4, 2011
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Discharged.
Apr 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Apr 4, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 29, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) Requires the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service or the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to terminate for cause any award (including grants and loans) made under the Broadband Initiatives Program or the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, respectively, established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, if the Administrator or Assistant Secretary determines that cause exists (including insufficient level of performance, wasteful spending, or fraudulent spending) to terminate the award.

Directs the Administrator or the Assistant Secretary to: (1) deobligate, upon terminating such an award, an amount equivalent to such award, less allowable costs, to the extent funds with respect to such award are available in the account relating to the respective programs (requires that any additional amount subsequently recovered be deobligated immediately upon receipt); and (2) return to the Treasury's general fund such deobligated amounts and any award returned or disclaimed by a recipient after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Administrator or the Assistant Secretary, upon receiving information from the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Inspector General of the Department of Commerce, or the Comptroller General pertaining to material noncompliance with award terms or improper usage of award funds, to: (1) review such information immediately, (2) determine whether cause exists to terminate such award (unless the relevant official recommends that such a determination not be made), and (3) notify Congress of any such determination.

What's happening now October 6, 2011

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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