H.R. 7948: Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024
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H.R. 7948: Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024
118th Congress · introduced 2024-04-11 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2024-04-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024
Plain summary
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024 This bill expands the public housing utility allowance for households with children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunch to include the cost of high-speed internet service, including the cost of renting or purchasing equipment necessary to access such service and a one-time installation fee.
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Official text
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · 6 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr7948.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr7948 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118