3.0.0 2372 2023-01-11T13:31:23Z 2023-01-11T13:31:23Z House HR 2015-05-15 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 75 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FOSTER:H.R. 2372.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theUnited States Constitution.[Page H3253]]]> hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-15T13:01:15Z 2015-05-15 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2015-05-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 N M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2015-05-19 False Science, Technology, Communications Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Pornography Poverty and welfare assistance Public housing Public utilities and utility rates Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-05-15 Introduced in House 2015-06-22T20:10:55Z Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2015

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunches.

Prohibits a dwelling unit's Internet cost allowance from: (1) exceeding the lowest cost available in the area, and (2) including costs for cable or satellite television or for joint packages for Internet service together with cable or satellite television.

Conditions Internet cost allowances on the service including technology to block visual depictions that are obscene or harmful to minors.

]]> Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2015 Display Title Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in the utility allowances for families residing in public housing, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2372ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2372ih.xml 2015-05-15 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 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.