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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2021

Introduced: March 25, 2021 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 25, 2021
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Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2021

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a national standard—informed by data gathered on mobile broadband service in the 20 most populous metropolitan areas in the United States—to determine whether the mobile broadband service available in rural areas is reasonably comparable to that of urban areas.

What's happening now March 25, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 25, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1036: Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1036/
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"S. 1036: Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1036/.
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S. 1036, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1036/.
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