S 592
117th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency communications systems
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Radio spectrum allocation
Rural conditions and development
Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021
Introduced: March 4, 2021
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 4, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021
This bill establishes the Broadband Reserve Fund into which the proceeds from certain spectrum auctions must be deposited.
The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration may use the amounts in the fund if Congress specifically authorizes the spending.
The bill also expresses the sense of Congress regarding the purposes for which amounts in the fund should be used, including (1) broadband deployment to unserved areas, (2) distance and remote learning, (3) securing the telecommunications supply chain, and (4) telehealth technologies.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1