Broadband for All Resolution of 2020 This resolution recognizes that equal access to affordable and reliable broadband service for all Americans is a civil and human right that protects and promotes the fair, equal, and impartial treatment of all people. It also asserts that affordable broadband access enables the promotion and propagation of human rights, recognizes that this access promotes equal access for engagement in democracy, and reaffirms that the global and open nature of the internet is a driving force in progress toward development. Further, the resolution calls on the President to (1) preserve and build upon the technological leadership of the federal government and federal funding opportunities to provide all Americans with affordable broadband access, (2) ensure tribal sovereignty over access to electromagnetic spectrum on tribal lands, and (3) address the civil and human rights threats posed by a lack of affordable access to broadband in light of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Science, Technology, Communications
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEconomic developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careFederal-Indian relationsFirst Amendment rightsHuman rightsIndian lands and resources rightsInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPoverty and welfare assistanceRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationTelecommunication rates and feesUnited Nations
Broadband for All Resolution of 2020
USA116th CongressHRES-1144| House
| Updated: 9/23/2020
Broadband for All Resolution of 2020 This resolution recognizes that equal access to affordable and reliable broadband service for all Americans is a civil and human right that protects and promotes the fair, equal, and impartial treatment of all people. It also asserts that affordable broadband access enables the promotion and propagation of human rights, recognizes that this access promotes equal access for engagement in democracy, and reaffirms that the global and open nature of the internet is a driving force in progress toward development. Further, the resolution calls on the President to (1) preserve and build upon the technological leadership of the federal government and federal funding opportunities to provide all Americans with affordable broadband access, (2) ensure tribal sovereignty over access to electromagnetic spectrum on tribal lands, and (3) address the civil and human rights threats posed by a lack of affordable access to broadband in light of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEconomic developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careFederal-Indian relationsFirst Amendment rightsHuman rightsIndian lands and resources rightsInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPoverty and welfare assistanceRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationTelecommunication rates and feesUnited Nations