To provide for certain reports on enrollment in the Lifeline program, and for other purposes.
Ensuring Phone and Internet Access Through Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program Act of 2022
This bill requires reporting on enrollment in the Lifeline program and the Affordable Connectivity Program.
The Lifeline program is designed to reduce the cost of communications services for low-income consumers, and the Affordable Connectivity Program subsidizes the cost of broadband internet for low-income households. Both programs allow participants to qualify for assistance based on their participation in particular federal assistance programs (e.g., Medicaid or Federal Public Housing Assistance).
The Federal Communications Commission must report on enrollment in both programs, including the number of participants who qualify through each of the particular federal assistance programs.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on outreach and publicity efforts to promote participation in the Lifeline program and the Affordable Connectivity Program.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-552.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-552.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 396.
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8471-8472; text: CR H8471)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4275.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1464, proceedings on H.R. 4275 are considered vacated.
Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1464, and the motion offered by Mr. Carter (LA), the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4275, as amended; H.R. 5502, as amended; H.R. 5721, as amended; H.R. 6290, as amended; H.R. 7277, as amended; H.R. 7299, as amended; and H.R. 8416, as amended.
Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1464, and the motion offered by Mr. Carter (LA), the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4275, as amended; H.R. 5502, as amended; H.R. 5721, as amended; H.R. 6290, as amended; H.R. 7277, as amended; H.R. 7299, as amended; and H.R. 8416, as amended. (consideration: CR H8566-8574; text: CR H8566-8567)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.