H.R. 2903: Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-15 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

Plain summary

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop regulations that would establish a national standard for determining whether mobile service, mobile data service, and broadband service in rural areas are reasonably comparable to the services provided in urban areas. The FCC shall gather data about the average signal strengths and speeds of mobile services and the average speeds of broadband Internet services from the 20 most-populated urban areas. The services provided in rural areas shall be deemed reasonably comparable to urban area if the signal strengths and/or speeds meet or exceed the averages in the most-populated areas.

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Official text

Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · 12 cosponsors

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Peter Welch (D-VT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2903.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2903 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115