NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Federal agencies and departments: require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment (S. 1294), S6763 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Commerce: establish a digital network technology program to awards grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to historically Black colleges and universities and other eligible institutions (see H.R. 1586), H2581 [7MR]

——— establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (see S. 1046), S2270 [4AP] (see H.R. 1328), H2100 [25FE]

Dept. of Transportation: include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 2692), H3787 [14MY]

FCC: improve collection and aggregation of fixed and mobile broadband Internet access coverage data (see S. 1485), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 4128), H7480 [30JY]

Federal agencies and departments: allow payments from Spectrum Relocation Fund for costs of spectrum research and development and planning activities (see S. 1968), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3475), H5166 [25JN]

——— require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment (see S. 1294), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 4283), H7664 [11SE]

Information technology: create and implement an inter-agency strategy to secure fifth generation (5G) and future technology and infrastructure in the U.S. and with strategic allies (see S. 893), S2042 [27MR] (see H.R. 2881), H4063 [21MY]

——— establish a broadband infrastructure finance and innovation program to support construction and deployment of broadband infrastructure (see S. 2344), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 4127), H7480 [30JY]

——— establish a mobile hotspot grant program (see H.R. 5243), H9168 [21NO]

——— establish State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program and Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program (see S. 1167), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 4486), H7988 [25SE]

——— make certain portions of electromagnetic spectrum available for allocation and auction and make Federal spectrum available for non-Federal use or shared Federal and non-Federal use (see H.R. 4171), H7492 [6AU]

——— make grants to establish or expand Internet exchange facilities to improve broadband infrastructure in rural areas (see S. 1166), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 3869), H7160 [22JY]

International relations: take certain actions to enhance U.S. representation and promote U.S. leadership in international communications standards-setting bodies (see H.R. 4463), H7901 [24SE] (see H.R. 4500), H8052 [26SE]

Telecommunications: determine value of electromagnetic spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities (see S. 1626), S3060 [22MY]

——— establish an electromagnetic spectrum sharing research and development program and integrated spectrum automation enterprise strategy (see H.R. 4462), H7901 [24SE] (see H.R. 5000), H8738 [8NO]

Telephones: further deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1 services to enhance and upgrade the Nation’s 9-1-1 systems (see S. 1479), S2883 [15MY] (see H.R. 2760), H3841 [15MY]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1328, Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (ACCESS BROADBAND) Act, H3498 [8MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Commerce: establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (H.R. 1328), H3488–H3490 [8MY]

Federal agencies and departments: require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment (H.R. 4283), H7758 [18SE], H10022 [11DE]

Information technology: establish a mobile hotspot grant program (H.R. 5243), E1485 [21NO]

——— prohibit funding to update broadband availability maps that rely solely on FCC census-block data, H4928 [20JN]

NOAA: data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in South Atlantic funding through reductions in National Telecommunications and Information Administration funding, H4878 [19JN]

Remarks in Senate

Information technology: create and implement an inter-agency strategy to secure fifth generation (5G) and future technology and infrastructure in the U.S. and with strategic allies (S. 893), S2866 [15MY]

——— make grants to establish or expand Internet exchange facilities to improve broadband infrastructure in rural areas (S. 1166), S6704 [20NO], S6940 [10DE]

Telecommunications: provide opportunities for broadband investment, S6831 [4DE], S7126 [18DE]

Reports filed

Broadband Interagency Coordination Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1294) (S. Rept. 116–162), S6755 [21NO]

Secure 5G and Beyond Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 893) (S. Rept. 116–184), S7207 [19DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1328, Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (ACCESS BROADBAND) Act, H3488 [8MY]