To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the establishment of a program to expand access to broadband.
Connect America Act of 2019
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a funding program to expand broadband access for unserved and underserved areas and unserved anchor institutions, such as schools or libraries. The program shall consist of both a national reverse auction and population-based grants to states.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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