US Congress Senate Bill 1621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a consistent methodology for its collection of coverage data about the available speed tiers and performance characteristics of commercial mobile and data service for the Universal Service program or any similar programs. The methodology must: (1) include standard definitions for different speed tiers, (2) ensure that coverage data is collected in a consistent and robust way, (3) improve the validity and reliability of coverage data, and (4) increase the efficiency of coverage data collection.

Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2018-03-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2018-03-05	House	Received in the House.
2018-03-05	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2018-03-01	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1320; text: CR S1320)
2018-02-07	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 305.
2018-02-07	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-206.
2017-08-02	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2017-07-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

SB1104 (Same As) 2017-05-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB1546 (Related) 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
HB4986 (Related) 2018-03-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1621/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1621/BILLS-115s1621is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1621/BILLS-115s1621rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1621/BILLS-115s1621es.pdf