Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., introduced a spectrum bill...
Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., introduced a spectrum bill Thursday, with no text or details provided or given upon request. The title of HR-3916 says its purpose is to “amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote the expansion of spectrum-based…
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services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations.” The bill lists no co-sponsors and was referred to the House Commerce Committee. The bill will also be known as the Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014, according to the text provided by his spokesman. It’s part of a broader economic package of bills and ideas focused on the congressman’s home district, the spokesman added. “This legislation directs the Federal Communications Commission to promote the expansion of spectrum-based services, like broadband to extremely hard to serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations,” Kilmer said in a document dated Friday pegged to the economic initiative. “It is critically important that our homes, businesses, schools, and hospitals have access to the communication networks that they require.”