3.0.0 742 2023-01-11T13:36:12Z 2023-01-11T13:36:12Z Senate S 2017-03-28 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-28T15:53:39Z 2017-03-28 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2017-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-03-28 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-03-28 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-03-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-03-28 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2017-03-28 True Science, Technology, Communications Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2017-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-04T21:44:17Z Community Broadband Act of 2017

This bill bars state, local, or tribal governments from prohibiting or inhibiting such government entities or their affiliates from serving as "public providers" of telecommunications services or advanced telecommunications capabilities to any person or any public or private entity.

The bill prohibits such government and government-affiliated providers of public telecommunications services from favoring themselves over competing providers in the application of regulations, ordinances, public rights-of-way, or permitting requirements.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that such governments or affiliates intending to provide public telecommunications services should consider public-private partnerships.

Public providers must provide public notice and opportunities for public input and private-sector bidding before providing telecommunications service to the public.

The bill provides an exemption from the prohibition on such governments favoring themselves in the application of regulations, and from the requirement to provide public notice and private bidding opportunities, during an emergency declared by the President, a governor, or an authorized elected local official.

]]> Community Broadband Act of 2017 Display Title Community Broadband Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote competition, to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Broadband Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s742is/xml/BILLS-115s742is.xml 2017-03-28 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.