Bill #	Name (Sponsor)	Summary	Status
HR 1542	Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 (Tauzin/Dingell)	Deregulates local phone companies in providing high-speed Internet service.	4/24/01: Introduced and referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4/25/01: Commerce Committee hearings held. 4/26/01: Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Subcommittee consideration and markup session held. Forwarded to full committee. 5/9/01: Commerce Committee markup session held. Ordered to be reported (amended). 5/24/01: Reported (Amended) by committee. Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. 6/5/01; Judiciary Committee hearings held. 6/13/01: Judiciary Committee markup session held. Ordered to be Reported unfavorably by voice vote. 6/18/01: Reported adversely by the Committee on Judiciary. 2/27/02: Passed by the House with amendment in the nature of a substitute. 2/28/02: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S 1056	Community Telecommunications Planning Act of 2001 (Murray)	Authorizes federal grants to local governments, non-profits, and other entities for development of communications infrastructure, with priority for developing rural and underserved areas.	6/14/01: Introduced and referred to Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HR 2139	Rural America Broadband Deployment Act (L. Smith)	Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain eligible people and organizations to facilitate broadband Internet service in areas where it is so far inadequate. Also allocates $100 million in funds for each of the next three years for this purpose.	6/12/01: Introduced and referred to Committees on Agriculture and on Energy and Commerce.
HR 267	Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001 (English)	Provides tax incentive to promote broadband access.	1/30/01: Introduced and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
S. 150	Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 (Kerry)	Provides tax incentive to promote broadband access.	1/23/01: Introduced and referred to Committee on Finance.
S. 88	Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001 (Rockefeller)	Provides tax incentive to promote broadband access	1/22/01: Introduced and referred to the Committee on Finance

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