3.0.0 3995 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z Senate S S 2010-12-01 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-12-01T20:07:24Z 2010-12-01 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2010-12-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8350) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-12-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2010-12-01 True Government Operations and Politics Government buildings, facilities, and property Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Public contracts and procurement Telephone and wireless communication User charges and fees Government Operations and Politics 00 2010-12-01 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-13T19:25:09Z Federal Wi-Net Act - Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) install or retrofit wireless Internet connections in federal buildings; and (2) allow eligible carriers, upon request, to install wireless neutral host systems in all publicly accessible federal buildings.

Authorizes the executive agency controlling a federal government building to grant an easement or rights-of-way, for the installation, construction, and maintenance of wireless transmitters and backhaul transmission, to an executive agency, state, or individual applicant.

Requires the Administrator to establish a fee for awarding such easement or rights-of-way that is based on fair market prices, subject to certain exceptions. Requires any fees collected to be used by the relevant agency for construction and maintenance of Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless neutral host systems.

Directs the Administrator to develop one or more master contracts to govern the placement of wireless transmitters on federal government buildings.

]]> Federal Wi-Net Act Display Title Federal Wi-Net Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Administrator of the General Services Administration to install Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless neutral host systems in all Federal buildings in order to improve in-building wireless communications coverage and commercial network capacity by offloading wireless traffic onto wireless broadband networks. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Wi-Net Act Introduced in Senate 2010-12-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3995is/xml/BILLS-111s3995is.xml 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.