US Congress House Bill 1343 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-0)
Status: Engrossed on October 6 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-06 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

(Sec. 1) Requires the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service or the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to terminate for cause any award (including grants and loans) made under the Broadband Initiatives Program or the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, respectively, established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, if the Administrator or Assistant Secretary determines that cause exists (including insufficient level of performance, wasteful spending, or fraudulent spending) to terminate the award. Directs the Administrator or the Assistant Secretary to: (1) deobligate, upon terminating such an award, an amount equivalent to such award, less allowable costs, to the extent funds with respect to such award are available in the account relating to the respective programs (requires that any additional amount subsequently recovered be deobligated immediately upon receipt); and (2) return to the Treasury's general fund such deobligated amounts and any award returned or disclaimed by a recipient after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 3) Requires the Administrator or the Assistant Secretary, upon receiving information from the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Inspector General of the Department of Commerce, or the Comptroller General pertaining to material noncompliance with award terms or improper usage of award funds, to: (1) review such information immediately, (2) determine whether cause exists to terminate such award (unless the relevant official recommends that such a determination not be made), and (3) notify Congress of any such determination.

To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.

Rep. Charles Bass [R-NH]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-06	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2011-10-05	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2011-10-05	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6570)
2011-10-05	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1343.
2011-10-05	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6570-6573)
2011-10-05	House	Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2011-09-29	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
2011-09-29	House	Committee on Agriculture discharged.
2011-09-29	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-228, Part I.
2011-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2011-04-05	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2011-04-05	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-04-04	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2011-04-04	House	Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Discharged.
2011-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2011-04-04	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

SB1659 (Same As) 2011-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1343/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1343/BILLS-112hr1343ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1343/BILLS-112hr1343eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1343/BILLS-112hr1343rh.pdf