3.0.0 774 2022-11-15T16:33:51Z 2022-11-15T16:33:51Z Senate S S 2013-04-22 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-04-22T19:26:53Z 2013-04-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2013-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2013-04-22 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2013-04-24 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2013-05-20 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2013-05-21 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-05-21 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2013-05-21 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2013-05-21 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2013-05-21 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2013-05-21 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government studies and investigations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Performance measurement Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2013-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-13T20:11:32Z Directs the Comptroller General (GAO), beginning on or before December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter for the following five years, to prepare a report to aid Congress in monitoring and measuring the effects of a series of reforms by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intended to promote the availability and affordability of broadband service throughout the United States.

Requires such report to include measurements, statistics, and metrics with respect to:

  • the implementation progress on the reforms adopted in the FCC's Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted on October 27, 2011;
  • any effects of such reforms on retail end-user rates for local voice telephony, interconnected VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol), long distance voice, mobile wireless voice, bundles of voice telephony or VoIP, fixed broadband Internet access, and mobile broadband Internet access services;
  • any disparities or trends with respect to the relative average (such as per consumer) retail rates charged for each service to residential and business consumers located in rural and urban areas as well as between incumbent local exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation and those subject to rate-of-return regulation;
  • any effects on average fixed and mobile broadband Internet access speeds available to residential and business consumers as well as speed disparities between rural and urban areas;
  • any effects on the magnitude and pace of investments in broadband-capable networks in rural areas, including investments financed by the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and investment disparities between rural and urban areas;
  • any disparities or trends with respect to the magnitude and pace of investments in broadband-capable networks in areas served by carriers subject to price cap regulation and areas served by carriers subject to rate-of-return regulation;
  • any effects on adoption of broadband Internet access services by end users; and
  • any effects on state universal service funds or initiatives, including carrier-of-last-resort requirements.
]]> A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms. Display Title A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms. Introduced in Senate 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s774is/xml/BILLS-113s774is.xml 2013-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.