3.0.0 3695 2023-01-11T13:42:42Z 2023-01-11T13:42:42Z Senate S 2020-05-12 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-12T20:22:21Z 2020-05-12 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2020-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-05-12 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-05-12 True Science, Technology, Communications Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Emergency medical services and trauma care Federal preemption Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2020-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-24T14:16:34Z Continuing Online Networking, Negating Economic Conditions on Technology at Home Act or the CONNECT at Home Act

This bill prohibits a voice or internet service provider from terminating service to a customer during the national emergency declared due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and for 180 days thereafter.

A provider that terminated voice or internet service to a customer following the emergency declaration and prior to the enactment of this bill must resume providing such service upon the date of enactment.

Terminating or failing to resume providing such service will result in a forfeiture penalty, and the proceeds of any such penalties collected shall be used to provide assistance to low-income individuals who lack access to affordable broadband service due to COVID-19.

]]> CONNECT at Home Act Display Title CONNECT at Home Act Short Title(s) as Introduced CONNECT at Home Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Continuing Online Networking, Negating Economic Conditions on Technology at Home Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to institute a moratorium on disconnections of telephone and internet services. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3695is/xml/BILLS-116s3695is.xml 2020-05-12 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.