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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

Introduced: March 20, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jun 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jun 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop regulations that would establish a national standard for determining whether mobile service, mobile data service, and broadband service in rural areas are reasonably comparable to the services provided in urban areas.

The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strengths and speeds of mobile services and the average speeds of broadband Internet services from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The services provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban area if the signal strengths and/or speeds meet or exceed the averages in the most-populated areas.

What's happening now June 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2418 Related bill Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 2
R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jul 19, 2018
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jun 7, 2018
Brooks, Susan
· Mar 20, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 20, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Mar 5, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 25, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 19, 2017
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2903: Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2903/
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"H.R. 2903: Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2903/.
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