H.R. 5834 · 113th Congress
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014
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Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunches.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Dec 10, 2014
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require high-speed Internet service costs to be included in public housing utility allowances for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunches.
Prohibits a dwelling unit's Internet cost allowance from: (1) exceeding the lowest cost available in the area, and (2) including costs for cable or satellite television or for joint packages for Internet service together with cable or satellite television.
Conditions Internet cost allowances on the service including technology to block visual depictions that are obscene or harmful to minors.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014
Latest action (Dec 10, 2014): Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 10, 2014
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.