3.0.0 856 2025-05-27T14:16:21Z 2025-05-27T14:16:21Z Senate S S 2023-03-16 118 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-16T17:58:41Z 2023-03-16 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2023-03-16 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN 2023-03-16 True K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2023-03-16 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2023-04-18 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2023-04-18 False Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2023-04-03T15:45:12Z

00 2023-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2023-04-10T18:36:37Z <p><b>Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable Contributions Act or the FAIR Contributions Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to study and report on the feasibility of funding the Universal Service Fund through contributions from edge providers (i.e., providers of online content or services, such as search engines).</p> <p>The fund 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).</p> <p>The report must consider (1) the type and size of firms and services on which contributions could be assessed, (2) equity issues related to current versus alternative systems for contributing to the fund, (3) the effect of any change to the contribution system on the telecommunications bills of consumers, and (4) the sustainability of the fund and how to ensure that fund disbursements are consistent and predictable over time.</p>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:23:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:41:39Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:41:39Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 2023-03-31T02:28:46Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s856is/xml/BILLS-118s856is.xml 2023-03-16 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.