Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017

Summary

Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017 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.

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Timeline

1. 11 May 2017

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 May 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 11 May 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 May 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 May 2017

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 11 May 2017

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Sponsors

• Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
• Brian Schatz · D · Sponsor
• Deb Fischer · R · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
• Gary Peters · D · Sponsor
• Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
• John Barrasso · R · Cosponsor
• Dan Sullivan · R · Cosponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

Related records

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