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<title>Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no Federal funds granted, awarded, or loaned pursuant to any legislation, infrastructure-specific or otherwise, should be used to fund the construction, improvement, or acquisition of broadband facilities or service in areas where there is an existing broadband provider that meets certain minimum standards.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hres690v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-03-20">
<action-date>2018-01-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no federal funds should be used to fund broadband facilities in areas where another broadband service provider: (1) is offering service that meets the minimum standards of the Federal Communications Commission,&nbsp;or (2) is leveraging federal program funds to deploy networks and offer broadband service that will meet the minimum standards of such program.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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