S 1939
112th Congress
Senate
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: December 1, 2011
Introduced by:
Klobuchar, Amy
Democratic
· Minnesota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dec 1, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1