Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2023

3.0.0 3321 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z Senate S S 2023-11-15 118 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-11-15T21:14:00Z 2023-11-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001190 Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK] Markwayne Mullin R OK N K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2023-11-15 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2023-11-15 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2024-04-09 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2024-04-09 False H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2024-04-09 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2024-04-09 False Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2023-12-12T19:30:19Z

00 2023-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2025-01-08T20:06:22Z Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2023This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require large broadband service providers and edge providers (i.e., providers of online content or services, such as search engines and social media platforms) to contribute to the Universal Service Fund (USF). USF provides support for broadband and other telecommunications services to high-cost areas, schools and libraries, rural health care facilities, and the Lifeline program (an FCC program that provides a discount on phone and internet services for low-income consumers). Currently, only telecommunications companies (wireline and wireless telephone companies) contribute to USF.The bill also directs the FCC to develop a mechanism to provide sufficient support to certain broadband providers that are eligible for funding for costs incurred in offering service in high-cost areas (rural areas where market forces do not support the cost of deployment and service). Eligible costs must not be recoverable by providers through revenue or other USF support. This additional support must be limited to one provider per area.

Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:19:48Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:35:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure equitable and nondiscriminatory contributions to the mechanisms that preserve and advance universal service, to reduce the financial burden on consumers, and for other purposes. 2024-04-10T08:08:29Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s3321is/xml/BILLS-118s3321is.xml 2023-11-15 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.