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HR 3789 116th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Radio spectrum allocation Technology assessment Telephone and wireless communication

IoT Readiness Act of 2019

Introduced: November 19, 2019 Introduced by: DelBene, Suzan K. Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 18, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jul 17, 2019
Introduced in House
Jul 17, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

IoT Readiness Act of 2019

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to ascertain the amount of spectrum necessary to meet rising demand by studying the growing usage of Internet of Things devices, which use a network to communicate and share data with other devices, and devices that utilize 5G networks.

What's happening now July 18, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Jan 10, 2020
Woodall, Rob
· Dec 12, 2019
Davis, Rodney
· Dec 5, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Dec 3, 2019
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Nov 21, 2019
Hurd, Will
· Nov 19, 2019
Eshoo, Anna
· Oct 22, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 16, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Oct 8, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 27, 2019
Katko, John
· Jul 17, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3789: IoT Readiness Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3789/
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"H.R. 3789: IoT Readiness Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3789/.
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