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HR 7112 117th Congress House

Internet Exchange Act of 2022

Official title: To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to make grants for the establishment or expansion of internet exchange facilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 17, 2022 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 18, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Mar 17, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Internet Exchange Act of 2022

This bill creates a grant program for the establishment and expansion of facilities through which internet service providers and content delivery networks exchange internet traffic (internet exchange facilities) in unserved or underserved areas.

Further, the bill allows recipients of funding from the E-Rate Program and the Rural Health Care Program to apply such funds to the procurement or maintenance of a connection to an internet exchange facility.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3869 Reintroduction of Internet Exchange Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Mar 17, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7112: Internet Exchange Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7112/
MLA
"H.R. 7112: Internet Exchange Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7112/.
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H.R. 7112, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7112/.
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