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National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2020

Introduced: July 9, 2020 See on congress.gov

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Jul 9, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jul 9, 2020

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2020

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the national broadband plan, which establishes benchmarks to meet the goal of ensuring that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability.

Such update shall include (1) an assessment of the progress in achieving the goals of the original national broadband plan; (2) an examination of the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on how people learn, work, receive medical information and treatment, and participate in civic communications; and (3) an analysis of the change in reliance people will have on services enabled by broadband internet access service as a result of COVID-19.

The FCC must report annually on its progress toward achieving the goals of the updated national broadband plan.

What's happening now July 9, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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