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H.R. 5243: Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

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H.R. 5243: Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-11-21 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-11-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

Plain summary

Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish the Mobile Hotspot Grant Program. Under the program, the NTIA may provide grants to eligible institutions (e.g., elementary and secondary schools, universities, Indian Tribes, or libraries) to facilitate a mobile hotspot program that provides students with a portable hotspot device for connecting to the internet. The NTIA shall prioritize institutions that will provide hotspots to the highest number of low-income students and, to the extent practicable, shall disburse at least 5% of grant funds to Indian Tribes and 5% to U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

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Official text

Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), André Carson (D-IN), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5243 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116