3.0.0 2545 2022-11-01T13:49:50Z 2022-11-01T14:33:33Z Senate S 2019-09-25 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-25T19:57:14Z Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019 116 4529 HR 2019-09-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2019-09-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-09-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-09-25 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-09-25 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-09-25 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-09-25 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-09-25 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-09-25 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-09-25 True Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Food assistance and relief Government information and archives Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-09-25 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-23T17:05:47Z Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a grant program to provide states with resources to inform their residents who are Medicaid enrollees or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants about the FCC's Lifeline program, which is designed to reduce the cost of communications services for low-income consumers.

]]> Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019 Display Title Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to inform Medicaid enrollees and SNAP participants of potential eligibility for the Lifeline program of the Commission. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2545is/xml/BILLS-116s2545is.xml 2019-09-25 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.