Community Broadband Act of 2007

3.0.0 1853 2023-01-11T20:41:27Z 2023-01-11T20:41:27Z Senate S S 2007-07-23 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2008-04-22T21:26:37Z Markup by 2007-10-30T19:39:15Z Referred to 2007-07-23T20:56:40Z S. Rept. 110-330 Community Broadband Act of 2007 110 3281 HR 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1684-1685) Related bill CRS 2008-04-22 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707. Calendars 2008-04-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-330. Committee 2008-04-22 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-330. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2007-10-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2007-07-23 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9779) IntroReferral 2007-07-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9778-9779) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2007-07-23 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-07-23 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2007-07-23 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-07-23 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-07-23 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2007-07-23 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-07-23 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2008-03-05 False 2007-12-03T06:00:00Z S. 1853, Community Broadband Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19375 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 30, 2007</p> 2007-12-03T06:00:00Z S. 1853, Community Broadband Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19375 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 30, 2007 Science, Technology, Communications Broadband Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Internet Local laws State laws Science, Technology, Communications

00 2007-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-23T16:52:46Z 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 telecommunications capability, or related services, to any person or any public or private entity.

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

Requires, subject to exception, any public provider that regulates competing providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services to apply its ordinances, rules, and policies without discrimination in favor of itself or any other provider it owns or is affiliated with.

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

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01 2008-04-22 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2008-07-14T21:39:06Z 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 telecommunications capability, or related services, to any person or any public or private entity.

Requires any public provider that regulates competing providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services to apply its ordinances, rules, and policies without discrimination in favor of itself or any other provider it owns or is affiliated with.

Requires a public provider, before it provides advanced telecommunications capability or services, to publish notice, provide local citizens and private-sector entities with an opportunity to be heard, identify any special capabilities or services to be provided in low-income areas or other demographically or geographically defined areas, and provide private-sector entities an opportunity to bid to provide the capability or services.

Declares that the provisions of the two paragraphs immediately above do not apply when: (1) a public provider provides such capabilities or services other than to the public or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public; or (2) a state of emergency has been declared by the President, that state's governor, or any other elected local official authorized by law to declare a state of emergency.

Prohibits the use of federal funds to assist a public provider in reviving or renewing an advanced telecommunications project that fails due to bankruptcy (unless in a presidentially-declared major disaster area) or is terminated by a public provider.

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Community Broadband Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote competition, to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Community Broadband Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Community Broadband Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Community Broadband Act of 2007 S Senate Reported to Senate 2008-04-22T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2007-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1853is/xml/BILLS-110s1853is.xml 2008-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707. 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.