HR 2929 116th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Infrastructure development Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Rural conditions and development User charges and fees

Rural Broadband Network Advancement Act of 2019

Introduced: May 22, 2019 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

May 23, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

May 22, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

May 22, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Broadband Network Advancement Act of 2019

This bill establishes a program to collect fees for broadband network usage in rural areas and distribute them to rural broadband providers.

Specifically, edge providers (online content or service providers such as search engines and streaming video platforms, so called because they are located at the edge of a network) that have their data transported through rural broadband providers in high-cost rural areas must pay network user fees. Such fees shall be distributed to eligible rural broadband providers for (1) deploying rural broadband networks, (2) operating and maintaining rural broadband networks, or (3) delivering broadband internet to users in high-cost rural areas.

What's happening now May 23, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Committees of jurisdiction 2