H.R. 1650: To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1650: To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers, and for other purposes.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-08 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to analyze and report on the demands associated with edge provider data transmitted over rural broadband networks during a specified six-year period. An edge provider is an entity that provides content, applications, or services over the internet (e.g., search engine providers, streaming video or music services, social media platforms, and retailers). Some edge providers generate revenue by selling products or subscriptions to their content, while others offer their content for free and generate revenue by selling advertising to users based on user-provided information. In its analysis, the FCC must retrospectively and prospectively estimate the quantity of edge provider data transmitted over rural broadband networks. It must also calculate costs to rural broadband providers that are not otherwise recovered for transmitting such data. These costs include (1) initial deployment of rural broadband networks, (2) operation and maintenance of those networks, and (3) the delivery of services to users over those networks.

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To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] · 18 cosponsors

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Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), James R. Baird (R-IN), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), James Comer (R-KY), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John W. Rose (R-TN)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr1650.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1650 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117