Community Broadband Act of 2016

Summary

Community Broadband Act of 2016 This bill amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to bar states from prohibiting their state government, a political subdivision, or an Indian tribe from providing (i.e., serving as a "public provider" of) high-speed broadband telecommunications capabilities or services to persons or public or private entities. A public provider that regulates competing private providers of such telecommunications services may not discriminate in favor of itself or a provider that it owns.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 September 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 September 2016

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 September 2016

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