3.0.0 3281 2023-01-11T20:38:07Z 2023-01-11T20:38:07Z House H HR 2007-08-01 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2007-08-01T21:46:18Z Referred to 2007-08-01T14:01:35Z Community Broadband Act of 2007 110 1853 S 2008-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707. Related bill CRS 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1684-1685) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-08-01 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Committee 2007-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000657 Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] RICK BOUCHER D VA 9 N U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2007-08-01 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2007-10-15 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2007-10-18 False B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2007-12-17 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-06-09 False Science, Technology, Communications Broadband Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Internet Local laws State laws Science, Technology, Communications 00 2007-08-01 Introduced in House 2007-11-06T21:28:02Z Community Broadband Act of 2007 - Prohibits any state or local government statute, regulation, or other legal requirement from having the effect of prohibiting any public provider from providing advanced communications capability to any person or any public or private entity.

Defines "public provider" as a state or a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof or any entity owned, controlled, or otherwise affiliated with a state, subdivision, or instrumentality.

Prohibits a public provider from granting any regulatory preference to itself or to any provider it owns or is affiliated with.

Requires, subject to exception, a public provider, before it provides advanced communications capability or services, to publish notice and provide local citizens and private-sector entities with an opportunity to be heard.

]]> Community Broadband Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To promote competition, to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Community Broadband Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Community Broadband Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3281ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3281ih.xml 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1684-1685) 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.