United States · Bill · S
S. 1939 (112th)
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011
Introduced
1 December 2011
Last action
1 December 2011 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsors
Amy Klobuchar, Mark Warner
Subjects
Transport
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require states to install broadband conduits (conduits for fiber optic cables that support broadband or wireless facilities for broadband service) in certain highway construction projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that any requesting broadband provider has access to such installed broadband conduit on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
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Timeline
1 December 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
1 December 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 1 December 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 December 2011
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 December 2011
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 1 December 2011
Sponsors
- Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
- Mark Warner · D · Sponsor
- · ssev00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1939
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1939
- us · 112-s-1939 · source updated 14 August 2025