Key Legislation Addressing America's Competitiveness and Innovation
[Source: The Benton Foundation]
In the midst of a troubling economic crisis, the 111th Congress will consider a number of bills that attempt to reshape the nation's economy for the digital age. Central to these efforts is the future of the Internet. Congress will address ways to ensure all Americans have affordable access to high-speed Internet connections and using those connections to engage the public more fully and directly in solving the problems the nation faces -- in job creation, health care, education, energy, homeland security, and democracy.
The Benton Foundation tracks key bills that address: Universal broadband and employing technology and innovation to solve our nation's most pressing problems; full and free exchange of information among Americans through an open Internet and diverse media outlets. We are also continueing to track developments in the transition to digital-only television broadcasting.
111th Congress
Categories:
Broadband Stimulus
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Digital Television
• DTV Delay Act
Health Information Technology
• S. The Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009
Low Power Radio
• H.R. 1147 Local Community Radio Act
• S. 592 Local Community Radio Act
National Broadband Plan Implementation
• S. 3110 Broadband Service Consumer Protection
• S. 3506 Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Act of 2010
Network Neutrality
• HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act
Spectrum Inventory
• H.R. 3019 Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009
• H.R. 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act
• S. 649 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act
Universal Service Reform
• H.R. 3646 Broadband Affordability Act of 2009
• H.R. 4619 E-Rate 2.0 Act
• S. 2879 The Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act (BOAA)
• H.R._ Universal Service Reform Act of 2009
See http://benton.org/initiatives/tracking_legislation for archives of earlier legislation trackers.
