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S.1127: Rural Broadband Deployment Act of 2001
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 107th Congress
- This bill is primarily about law
- Introduced June 28, 2001
- Latest Major Action June 28, 2001
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Bill Summary
Rural Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make such Act inapplicable to advanced telecommunications service deployed by a carrier in a rural area (an area with a population of less than 50,000 located outside of a metropolitan statistical area). Defines advanced telecommunications service as the capability to transmit information at no less than 384 kilobits per second in at least one direction.
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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| June 28, 2001 |
Introduced in the Senate by Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) |