3.0.0 3919 2023-01-11T20:23:33Z 2023-01-11T20:23:33Z House H HR 2007-10-22 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-15T00:48:49Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2007-10-23T18:36:43Z Reported by 2007-11-13T19:11:11Z Markup by 2007-10-30T13:48:17Z Referred to 2007-10-22T16:31:20Z H. Rept. 110-443 2007-11-14 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2007-11-13 15:02:31 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-11-13 15:02:26 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13557-13559) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2007-11-13 15:02:26 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13557-13559) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-13 14:51:20 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3919. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-11-13 14:51:18 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13557-13561) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-11-13 14:51:03 Mr. Markey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-11-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 274. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00274 2007-11-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-443. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-11-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-443. 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Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] BART STUPAK D MI 1 2007-11-01 False 2007-11-09T06:00:00Z H.R. 3919, Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19322 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 30, 2007</p> 2007-11-09T06:00:00Z H.R. 3919, Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19322 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 30, 2007 Science, Technology, Communications Broadband Computers Congress Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Internet Maps Subscription television Sunset legislation Surveys Telecommunication rates Science, Technology, Communications 00 2007-10-22 Introduced in House 2007-11-05T21:20:28Z Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct an annual assessment on the deployment, by bandwidth service tiers and types of technology, of broadband service capability throughout the states, including information comparing the extent of broadband service capability in other countries.

Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of Commerce to develop and maintain a broadband inventory map of the United States that identifies and depicts the geographic extent to which broadband service capability is deployed and available from commercial or public providers.

Authorizes the NTIA, subject to fund availability, to make grants to states or nonprofit organizations to assist in providing the NTIA with information to facilitate the development of that map.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to local technology planning entities, including to assess the current use of broadband service capability, set goals for improving or maximizing such use, identify local broadband demand and aggregate such demand, and establish programs to improve computer ownership and Internet access for unserved and underserved populations. Prohibits using grant funds to provide broadband service or acquire equipment or facilities for such capability.

Requires the FCC to conduct and make public periodic consumer surveys regarding the type of technology used, the amount the consumer pays, the actual data transmission speeds, and the types of applications and services the consumer most frequently uses in conjunction with such capability.

]]> 36 2007-11-13 Passed House amended 2007-11-15T20:44:13Z Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct an annual assessment and report to the public on the nature and deployment of, and subscription to, broadband service capability throughout the states, including information comparing the extent of broadband service capability in other countries. Provides for enforcement as if the provisions of this paragraph were a part of the Communications Act of 1934. Considers a violation of the provisions of this paragraph to be a violation of that Act or a regulation promulgated under that Act. Makes the provisions of this paragraph ineffective six years after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of Commerce to develop and maintain a broadband inventory map of the United States that identifies and depicts the geographic extent to which broadband service capability is deployed and available from commercial or public providers throughout each state. Requires the NTIA to seek to overlay demographic data obtained from other sources in the Department of Commerce and elsewhere for use with the map and to make the map accessible by the public on an interactive and searchable NTIA website. Requires that the NTIA request and obtain information as necessary from entities that are eligible for map grants under this Act, the FCC and commercial and public broadband service providers. Makes the provisions of this paragraph ineffective seven years after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the NTIA, subject to fund availability, to make grants to states or nonprofit organizations to assist in providing the NTIA with information to facilitate the development of that map.

(Sec. 5) Requires the NTIA to make grants to local technology planning entities, including to assess the current use of broadband service capability, set goals for improving or maximizing such use, identify local broadband demand and aggregate such demand, and establish programs to improve computer ownership and Internet access for unserved and underserved populations. Prohibits using grant funds to provide broadband service or acquire equipment or facilities for such capability.

(Sec. 6) Requires the FCC to conduct and make public periodic consumer surveys regarding the types of technology used, the amounts consumers pay, the actual data transmission speeds, the types of applications and services consumers most frequently use in conjunction with such capability, the reasons given by consumers who decline to subscribe to broadband service, and other sources of broadband service consumers regularly use or on which they rely. Makes the provisions of this paragraph ineffective six years after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits construing this Act to expand or limit the authority of states, Indian tribes, or units of local government to compel the collection of information.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of this Act relating to the broadband inventory map, grants for that map, and grants to technology planning entities.

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