3.0.0 4021 2023-01-11T13:46:11Z 2023-01-11T13:46:11Z Senate S 2020-06-22 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-22T21:48:26Z Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2020 116 7359 HR 2020-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2020-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-06-22 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2020-06-22 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2020-06-23 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2020-06-23 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government trust funds Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Radio spectrum allocation Rural conditions and development Small business Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2020-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-18T11:55:40Z Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Fund from which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shall offer additional funding to certain terrestrial telecommunications carriers for specified broadband projects.

Specifically, the FCC shall make one-time funding offers from the Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Fund to certain terrestrial telecommunications carriers that receive support from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund is a mechanism through which the FCC finances high-speed broadband networks in unserved rural areas.

Recipients of amounts from the Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Fund shall use such funds to (1) begin construction of a broadband network, (2) make broadband available from the network deployed using Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support, and (3) meet all build-out obligations pursuant to receiving amounts from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

]]> Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2020 Display Title Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to accelerate rural broadband deployment. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4021is/xml/BILLS-116s4021is.xml 2020-06-22 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.