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H.R. 1904: Broadband Justice Act of 2021

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H.R. 1904: Broadband Justice Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-16 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Broadband Justice Act of 2021

Plain summary

Broadband Justice Act of 2021 This bill includes broadband high-speed internet service as a utility subsidized by federally assisted housing programs through utility allowances. The bill also establishes grants and loans for housing providers, public housing agencies, and other public entities to provide access to broadband high-speed internet service to residents of federally assisted housing through the installation of such service and other infrastructure improvements.

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Official text

Broadband Justice Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · 34 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1904 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117