Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-2545Senate
Updated: Sep 25, 2019

Summary

Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a grant program to provide states with resources to inform their residents who are Medicaid enrollees or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants about the FCC's Lifeline program, which is designed to reduce the cost of communications services for low-income consumers.

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HR-4529: Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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