H.Con.Res. 311: To express the sense of Congress that it is the responsibility of Congress to determine the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadband Internet services.
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H.Con.Res. 311: To express the sense of Congress that it is the responsibility of Congress to determine the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadband Internet services.
111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To express the sense of Congress that it is the responsibility of Congress to determine the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadband Internet services.
Plain summary
Declares that: (1) it is Congress's responsibility to determine the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with respect to broadband Internet services; and (2) the FCC should suspend any further action on its proceeding to extend its traditional communications regulatory authority to include such services until Congress delegates such authority to the FCC.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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What does this mean? (plain words)
Official text
To express the sense of Congress that it is the responsibility of Congress to determine the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadband Internet services.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] · 80 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Steve Scalise (R-LA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and 20 more.
Agencies named in this bill
- Federal Communications Commission: its federal spending and other bills that name it
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
- Roll-call vote
- A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hconres311.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hconres>
Record fed-us-cong111-hconres311 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111