3.0.0 1621 2023-01-11T13:30:40Z 2023-01-11T13:30:40Z Senate S 2015-06-18 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-18T19:57:55Z End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2015 114 266 HR 2015-01-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Related bill CRS Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2015 114 56 S 2015-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2016 114 5525 HR 2016-06-21 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 207 - 143 (Roll no. 334). 18:52:11 Related bill CRS 2015-06-18 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2015-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Science, Technology, Communications Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-24T21:34:53Z Ending Mobile and Broadband Welfare Act of 2015

Prohibits a commercial mobile service or Internet access service provider from receiving universal service support for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline program, which provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers.

]]> Ending Mobile and Broadband Welfare Act of 2015 Display Title Ending Mobile and Broadband Welfare Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service and Internet access service through the Lifeline program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ending Mobile and Broadband Welfare Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1621is/xml/BILLS-114s1621is.xml 2015-06-18 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.