HR 1695
112th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Roads and highways
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011
Introduced: May 3, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 3, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 3, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require states to install broadband conduits (conduits for fiber optic cables that support broadband or wireless facilities for broadband service) in certain highway construction projects.
Requires the Secretary to ensure that any requesting broadband provider has access to such installed broadband conduit on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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