Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-530
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2019-01-14
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

State and local government operations

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019 </b></p> <p>This bill nullifies rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission that revoke state and local authority to regulate telecommunications equipment deployment. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 530 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2019 Ms. Eshoo (for herself and Ms. Speier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019 . 2. Preservation of rights of State and local governments Actions by the Federal Communications Commission in Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (83 Fed. Reg. 51867) and the Federal Communications Commission’s Declaratory Ruling in Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling (FCC 18–111) shall have no force or effect.