[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 691 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 691

     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any 
  infrastructure legislation to promote broadband internet access or 
  communications facilities deployment should treat all broadband and 
   communications facilities in a competitively and technologically 
                            neutral manner.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2018

Mr. Latta submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any 
  infrastructure legislation to promote broadband internet access or 
  communications facilities deployment should treat all broadband and 
   communications facilities in a competitively and technologically 
                            neutral manner.

Whereas broadband brings extraordinary opportunities for economic growth and 
        investment across multiple platforms and technologies, including 
        wireline, wireless, and cable;
Whereas broadband and related information technology add nearly $1 trillion 
        annually to the United States economy;
Whereas broadband and related communications and technology sectors support 
        roughly 10 million American jobs;
Whereas wireline, wireless, and cable broadband providers collectively invested 
        $76 billion in 2016, and roughly $1.6 trillion since 1996;
Whereas wireline, wireless, and cable broadband providers are consistently 
        ranked among the top companies investing annually in the United States;
Whereas broadband traffic over wireline, wireless, and cable technologies 
        continues to grow at an exponential rate; and
Whereas world-class communications networks will require a complementary mix of 
        wireline, wireless, cable, and any other technology capable of 
        transmitting voice, video, or data communications services using 
        Internet Protocol or any successor protocol-enabled service: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
any infrastructure legislation to promote broadband internet access or 
communications facilities deployment should treat all broadband and 
communications facilities in a competitively and technologically 
neutral manner.
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