S 2965 United States Senate · 117th Congress

A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with data transmission due to increased network usage.

Summary
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to analyze current and projected demands for data transmission on rural broadband networks and publish a report of its findings. The analysis must include, for example, estimates of the quantity of data transmitted and certain unrecovered costs to rural broadband providers associated with those transmissions.
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Oct 2021
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Introduced Oct 7, 2021 Last action Oct 7, 2021
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Oct 7, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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