3.0.0 1685 2023-01-11T13:23:18Z 2023-01-11T13:23:18Z House H HR 2013-04-23 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MATSUI:H.R. 1685.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H2248]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-26T14:17:47Z Referred to 2013-04-23T16:02:15Z 2013-04-26 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2013-04-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-04-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-04-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] Doris Matsui D CA O. 6 N W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 33 2013-04-23 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2013-04-23 True D000197 Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] DIANA DEGETTE D CO 1 2013-04-23 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2013-04-23 True D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2013-04-23 True L000570 Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] Ben Lujan D NM R. 3 2013-04-23 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2013-04-23 True B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2013-04-23 True M001166 Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] Jerry McNerney D CA 9 2013-04-25 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2013-04-25 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2014-02-10 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Competition and antitrust Consumer affairs Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Licensing and registrations Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2013-04-23 Introduced in House 2013-05-14T15:45:14Z Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support for broadband under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program to enable qualifying low-income customers residing in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband service at reduced charges by reimbursing providers who elect to participate in the program for each such customer served.

Establishes a program model under which qualifying individuals may elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service, voice telephony service, or broadband service, whether each service is purchased stand-alone or in a bundle.

Authorizes the FCC to determine whether state matching funds may be provided as a condition of eligibility for low-income households within such state.

Requires the program to be technology neutral to promote competition from service providers.

Requires a broadband service provider that is not an eligible telecommunications carrier to obtain FCC authorization to participate in the program.

Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt regulations to prevent duplicative Lifeline subsidies from being awarded to an individual eligible household, and (2) establish a national database to determine consumer eligibility. Limits qualifying individuals to only one Lifeline program support amount per eligible household.

]]> Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 Display Title Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reform and modernize the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1685ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1685ih.xml 2013-04-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. 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.