A Busy Day on the Hill October 29, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : General , trackbackTomorrow’s Hill Markup Schedule is going to be hectic for the throngs of rabid tech and telecom legislation fans.
At 2 p.m. the House Energy & Commerce Committee will mark up, among several other bills, HR-3403, Rep. Gordon’s 911 Modernization and Safety Act of 2007 and an amended version of HR-3919, Chmn. Markey’s Broadband Census of America Act of 2007. As Cisco points out, a comprehensive broadband deployment map is long overdue, and Markey seems to agree.
At 2:30 the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee will mark up S-1853, the Community Broadband Act of 2007. This speaks to municipal broadband networks, and local governments’ ability to decide on their own terms whether a municipal network is right for them.
And then there’s the pending Internet Tax renewal. It looks like this Congress really does take its role as a high-tech Congress seriously. Hopefully they’ll keep the ball rolling.
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