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S. 2577: Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004

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S. 2577: Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-06-24 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-06-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004

Plain summary

Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to research means of enhancing or facilitating: (1) the availability of broadband telecommunications services in rural and other remote areas; and (2) access to the Internet through such services. Requires the Director to make public the results of such research.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-s2577 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108