3.0.0 597 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z Senate S 2015-02-26 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-26T21:50:36Z States' Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015 114 1106 HR 2015-02-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-26 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1166) IntroReferral 2015-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal preemption Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media State and local government operations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-18T15:37:53Z States' Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015

Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to declare that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) authority to take actions to accelerate deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities shall not be construed to authorize the FCC to prevent states from implementing state laws regarding the provision of broadband Internet access service by states, municipalities, or political subdivisions.

]]> States' Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015 Display Title States' Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to provide that such section does not authorize the Federal Communications Commission to preempt the laws of certain States relating to the regulation of municipal broadband, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced States' Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s597is/xml/BILLS-114s597is.xml 2015-02-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1166) 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.