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Connect America Fund Accountability Act of 2019

Introduced: January 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jan 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Connect America Fund Accountability Act of 2019

This bill requires a telecommunications company receiving assistance through the Connect America Fund to report its methods of performance testing and to include a speed and latency report listing customer locations tested more than twice annually.

What's happening now January 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Feb 5, 2019
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jan 15, 2019
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Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Jan 10, 2019
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Scott, Austin
Georgia · Jan 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 427: Connect America Fund Accountability Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-427/
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"H.R. 427: Connect America Fund Accountability Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-427/.
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H.R. 427, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-427/.
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