3.0.0 3089 2023-01-15T06:48:05Z 2023-01-15T06:48:05Z House H HR 2003-09-16 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2003-09-23T20:46:07Z Referred to 2003-09-16T16:30:20Z 2003-09-23 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Committee 2003-09-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 N Government Operations and Politics Adult education Arts, Culture, Religion Broadband Business education Cable television Commerce Communication satellites Computer networks Computer software Continuing education Cost effectiveness Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic benefits transfers Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Grants-in-aid Higher education Information technology Internet Labor and Employment Law Libraries Licenses Public records Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Technical education User charges Wireless communication World Wide Web Government Operations and Politics 00 2003-09-16 Introduced in House 2004-03-31T20:12:48Z Greater Access to E-Governance Act - GATE Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to State and local governments to assist them in deploying broadband computer networks for the conduct of electronic governance transactions by citizens in local schools and libraries.

Allows such grants to be used to: (1) hire contractors or nonprofit organizations to deploy and manage such networks; (2) acquire broadband infrastructure, computers, and other equipment for such networks; and (3) acquire related software and services to support such networks.

Sets forth requirements for grant allocation criteria.

]]> GATE Act Display Title GATE Act Official Title as Introduced To establish a program to assist States and local governments for the conduct of electronic governance transactions at libraries and elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced GATE Act Short Titles as Introduced Greater Access to E-Governance Act Introduced in House 2003-09-16T04:00:00Z 2003-09-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.