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Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011

Introduced: December 1, 2011 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dec 1, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 December 1, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1695 Related bill Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Dec 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1939: Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1939/
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"S. 1939: Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1939/.
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