House Floor Summary

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1644.

An amendment, offered by Mr. McAdams, numbered 12 printed in Part A of House Report 116-37 to affirm that ISPs can still block unlawful content, such as child pornography or copyright-infringing materials.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the McAdams amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Doyle (PA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McAdams amendment No. 12.

On agreeing to the Spanberger amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Spanberger amendment No. 11.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Spanberger, numbered 11 printed in Part A of House Report 116-37 to require the GAO to determine the accuracy and granularity of broadband maps produced by the FCC, and to submit to Congress a report that identifies programs and actions restored under 2(b) that rely on these maps and that makes recommendations for how the FCC can produce more accurate maps.

On agreeing to the Brindisi amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Brindisi amendment No. 10.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Brindisi, numbered 10 printed in Part A of House Report 116-37 to require the GAO to produce a report about the ways in which the U.S. government can promote the deployment of broadband Internet access service, especially to rural areas and areas currently unserved by high-speed broadband access.

On agreeing to the Trone amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Trone amendment No. 9.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Trone, numbered 9 printed in Part A of House Report 116-37 to find that annual FCC reports on the state of broadband deployment are important to fostering further deployment and that Congress relies on the accuracy of these reports.

On agreeing to the Stanton amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stanton amendment No. 8.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Stanton, numbered 8 printed in Part A of House Report 116-37 to direct the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to engage tribal stakeholders and providers to ensure accessible and affordable broadband on tribal lands.

On agreeing to the Davids (KS) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Davids (KS) amendment No. 7.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Davids (KS), numbered 7 printed in Part A of House Report 116-37 to require that within 1 year of enactment, the GAO shall produce a report examining the FCC's efforts to assess competition in the wireline and wireless broadband internet access markets, and how the FCC can better assess competition, and what steps, if any the FCC can take to better increase competition in the wireless and wireline broadband internet access markets.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.