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<dc:title>117 HRES 1271 IH: Of inquiry requesting the President transmit to the House of Representatives certain documents relating to activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration relating to broadband service.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2022-07-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 1271</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20220726">July 26, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="H001067">Mr. Hudson</sponsor> submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Of inquiry requesting the President transmit to the House of Representatives certain documents relating to activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration relating to broadband service.</official-title></form><resolution-body style="OLC" id="HC6F049D35E7A4D36A8608777390C89B1"><section id="HABBDEE1145DC43848A13594B0FE3DFBC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That the President of the United States is requested to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), or other communication in his possession, or any portion of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), or other communication, that refers or relates to the following:</text><paragraph id="H9605AC6694574DF290D1AB2FD4968B97"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Communication or coordination between the personnel of the Executive Office of the President and the personnel of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="H5F446E6BF9AA4037850F5D092CE43FAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program established under section 902 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1306">47 U.S.C. 1306</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A3D2C53ACE2421692F5A2FC9BC7A88D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program established under section 905(c) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1306">47 U.S.C. 1306</external-xref>), and any amendments made to such program under section 60201 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EFCBD3B3B2B4E5EA861D80A8F0DF6A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Broadband Infrastructure Program established under section 905(d) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1306">47 U.S.C. 1306</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE59D9164BF3042439F92BE1E1BAA9ACD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program established under section 60102(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1702">47 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>), including any communication or coordination relating to—</text><clause id="H24B8CAE9926F4B28896F10CFB6C025D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the definition of reliable broadband service;</text></clause><clause id="HB90704BDB1D34EA3B3C16C46DC5A58BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>rate regulation;</text></clause><clause id="H23FA96D3980042D98ED7189787BF805E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the definition of unserved areas that may be served by fixed wireless using unlicensed spectrum; and</text></clause><clause id="H470192EE5E8A49EBA9598D5B6A63662C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>use of the maps of the Federal Communications Commission, as required by section 802(c)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/642">47 U.S.C. 642(c)(2)</external-xref>) in order to make funding determinations;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0CFEED4BD644572B7E669637DE5A890"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program established under section 60304 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1723">47 U.S.C. 1723</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2269C3C13404E52875907214EB90C57"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program established under section 60305 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1724">47 U.S.C. 1724</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADFBC68F8471428DAC9B36CE7BA0AD26"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program established under section 60401(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1741">47 U.S.C. 1741</external-xref>) to make grants available for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB32F7A9797FB43908E20135875D5A6F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Communication or coordination between the personnel of the Office of Vice President and the personnel of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the personnel of the Federal Communications Commission relating to Federal broadband policy since the President’s announcement on April 28, 2021, to a joint session of Congress that he asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead efforts to close the digital divide.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7121E7DD78B942569FF96FF222043CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Communication or coordination between the personnel of the Executive Office of the President and the personnel of National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Education, or the Department of Agriculture relating to overlap or duplication, or the potential for overlap or duplication, among programs that support broadband.</text></paragraph></section></resolution-body></resolution> 

