To ensure appropriate spectrum planning and interagency coordination to support the Internet of Things.
United States115th CongressHR-686House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 24, 2017
Summary
Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act or the DIGIT Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to convene a working group of federal stakeholders to provide recommendations and a report to Congress regarding the growing number of connected and interconnected devices known as the Internet of Things (IoT). The bill establishes a steering committee to be composed of stakeholders outside the federal government to advise the working group. The Federal Communications Commission must: (1) seek public comment on the IoT's spectrum needs, regulatory barriers, and growth with licensed and unlicensed spectrum; and (2) submit a summary of those comments to Congress.
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Timeline
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Introduced in House
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