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Senate Commerce to Mark Up Plan for Broadband Act, 12 Other Telecom and Tech Bills

The Senate Commerce Committee plans to mark up the Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act (S-2238), Rural Broadband Protection Act (S-275) and 11 other telecom and tech-focused bills Wednesday. The panel postponed marking up S-275 and some…

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of the other pending bills in May (see 2405010051) because of a still-unresolved impasse over the Spectrum and National Security Act (S-4207). Eight of the measures are AI related: the Creating Resources for Every American to Experiment with AI Act (S-2714), Testing and Evaluation Systems for Trusted AI Act (S-3162), AI Research, Innovation and Accountability Act (S-3312), Future of AI innovation Act (S-4178), National Science Foundation AI Education Act (S-4394), Small Business AI Training and Toolkit Act (S-4487), AI Public Awareness and Education Campaign Act (S-4596) and Validation and Evaluation for Trustworthy AI Act (S-4769). Also on the docket: the Network Equipment Transparency Act (S-690), Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act (S-3781) and Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act (S-4569). The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in 253 Russell, Senate Commerce said Wednesday night.