US HB5896 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Bill 5896 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on June 5 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process under which an incumbent service provider providing broadband service to a remote rural area may submit to the Secretary information regarding the broadband services the provider offers in the proposed service territory so that the Secretary may assess whether a submitted application meets appropriate eligibility requirements.

Title

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2012-06-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2012-06-05	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-06-05	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2012-06-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.