S. 2965 · 117th Congress

A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with data transmission due to increased network usage.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Mike Braun
Introduced
2021-10-07
Latest action
2021-10-07 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to analyze current and projected demands for data transmission on rural broadband networks and publish a report of its findings. The analysis must include, for example, estimates of the quantity of data transmitted and certain unrecovered costs to rural broadband providers associated with those transmissions.