H.R.1343: To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.

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Bill Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 29, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) (Sec. 1) Requires the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service or the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to terminate for cause any award (including grants and loans) made under the Broadband Initiatives Program or the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program,...

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Discharged.
Referred to House Agriculture
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-228, Part I.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1343.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
April 4, 2011

Introduced in the House by Charles F. Bass (R-N.H.)

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