United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3916 (113th)
Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014
Introduced
16 January 2014
Last action
16 January 2014 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors
Derek Kilmer, Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Subjects
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Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), when prescribing regulations concerning the competitive bidding system under which electromagnetic spectrum licenses are auctioned to qualified bidders, to promote the expansion of spectrum-based services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations.
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Timeline
16 January 2014
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 16 January 2014 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 January 2014
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 January 2014
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 January 2014
Sponsors
- Derek Kilmer · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3916
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3916
- us · 113-hr-3916 · source updated 12 August 2025