3.0.0 340 2023-01-11T13:24:07Z 2023-01-11T13:24:07Z House H HRES 2013-09-10 113 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2013-09-13T17:39:26Z Referred to 2013-09-10T14:01:25Z 2013-09-13 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2013-09-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-09-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] Doris Matsui D CA O. 6 N Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Congressional tributes Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Poverty and welfare assistance Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications

00 2013-09-10 Introduced in House 2013-09-20T17:36:16Z Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the U.S. national interest is served by further outreach, education, and participation in the Lifeline program (provides a discount on basic telephone service to eligible low-income consumers); (2) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be commended for efforts to improve the Lifeline program's efficiency and addressing waste, fraud, and abuse to ensure that federal resources are only going to those who are eligible; (3) the program should be modernized to allow eligible low-income consumers to access affordable telephone or broadband services; and (4) the FCC, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) are to be commended for creating "National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week" to promote subscribership.

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