Rep. English (R-Pa.) plans to reintroduce legislation Thurs. to p...
Rep. English (R-Pa.) plans to reintroduce legislation Thurs. to promote broadband to rural and underserved rural areas, this time in partnership with Rep. Matsui (D-Cal.). English on Jan. 8 introduced HR-267, Broadband Internet Access Act, that would use tax…
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credits to encourage businesses to deploy broadband. Bill was referred to House Ways & Means Committee, of which English is member. Matsui also is member, and new bill will be bipartisan. English’s spokeswoman said it had been modified slightly and she anticipated it would have several co-sponsors -- HR-267 was introduced with no co-sponsors and remains that way. Idea of tax credits to spur broadband is old one, championed in 107th Congress by Sen. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and in 106th Congress by then-Sen. Daniel Moynihan (D-N.Y.). Senate Communications Subcommittee Chmn. Burns (R-Mont.) has introduced similar bill in this Congress (S-160) that would use expensing to promote broadband, and Rep. McHugh (R-N.Y.) has bill (HR-138) to use federal grants and loans. It’s expected that another bill will be introduced in Senate more closely adhering to the Moynihan-Rockefeller legislation. English and Matsui will be joined at news conference Wed. by co-sponsors as well as Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Pres. Dave McCurdy, Telecom Industry Assn. (TIA) Pres. Matthew Flanigan and Information Technology Industry Assn. (ITI) Pres. Rhett Dawson.