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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5834" measure-id="id113hr5834" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-12-10" update-date="2014-12-31">
<title>Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-12-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal">Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunches. </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal">Prohibits a dwelling unit's Internet cost allowance from: (1) exceeding the lowest cost available in the area, and (2) including costs for cable or satellite television or for joint packages for Internet service together with cable or satellite television. </p> <p>Conditions Internet cost allowances on the service including technology to block visual depictions that are obscene or harmful to minors. </p>]]></summary-text>
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