US Congress House Bill 5243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-0)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish the Mobile Hotspot Grant Program. Under the program, the NTIA may provide grants to eligible institutions (e.g., elementary and secondary schools, universities, Indian Tribes, or libraries) to facilitate a mobile hotspot program that provides students with a portable hotspot device for connecting to the internet. The NTIA shall prioritize institutions that will provide hotspots to the highest number of low-income students and, to the extent practicable, shall disburse at least 5% of grant funds to Indian Tribes and 5% to U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-11-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-11-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-11-21	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1485)
2019-11-21	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5243/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5243/BILLS-116hr5243ih.pdf