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Recognizing the importance of broadband in rural areas throughout the United States and the critical need to invest in broadband expansion in an increasingly remote and digitally dependent world.

Introduced: November 28, 2023 Introduced by: Baird, James R. Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 15, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Apr 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Apr 24, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 24, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution addresses the need for improvements to broadband infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, and the role of specified federal agencies in making such improvements.

What's happening now May 15, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Nov 28, 2023
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Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · May 16, 2023
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Apr 24, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 317: Recognizing the importance of broadband in rural areas throughout the United States and the critical need to invest in broadband expansion in an increasingly remote and digitally dependent world.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-317/
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"H. Res. 317: Recognizing the importance of broadband in rural areas throughout the United States and the critical need to invest in broadband expansion in an increasingly remote and digitally dependent world.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-317/.
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H. Res. 317, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-317/.
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[H. Res. 317: Recognizing the importance of broadband in rural areas throughout the United States and the critical need to invest in broadband expansion in an increasingly remote and digitally dependent world.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-317/)
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