H.R. 1685 · 113th Congress
Broadband Adoption Act of 2013
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Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support for broadband under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program to enable qualifying low-income customers residing in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband service at reduced…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 23, 2013
Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support for broadband under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program to enable qualifying low-income customers residing in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband service at reduced charges by reimbursing providers who elect to participate in the program for each such customer served.
Establishes a program model under which qualifying individuals may elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service, voice telephony service, or broadband service, whether each service is purchased stand-alone or in a bundle.
Authorizes the FCC to determine whether state matching funds may be provided as a condition of eligibility for low-income households within such state.
Requires the program to be technology neutral to promote competition from service providers.
Requires a broadband service provider that is not an eligible telecommunications carrier to obtain FCC authorization to participate in the program.
Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt regulations to prevent duplicative Lifeline subsidies from being awarded to an individual eligible household, and (2) establish a national database to determine consumer eligibility. Limits qualifying individuals to only one Lifeline program support amount per eligible household.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Broadband Adoption Act of 2013
Latest action (Apr 26, 2013): Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 23, 2013
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.