Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act E-BRIDGE Act

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AI Summary: The Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility (E-BRIDGE) Act aims to expand internet access in rural areas by modifying grant eligibility requirements. The bill seeks to streamline the application process for federal grants related to broadband infrastructure projects in underserved rural communities. It focuses on removing barriers that hinder these communities from accessing funding for improving their internet connectivity. Overall, the E-BRIDGE Act aims to facilitate and accelerate the development of broadband infrastructure in rural areas to bridge the digital divide.

Latest Action: Introduced in House

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Actions (18):

  • 2023-03-23 : Introduced in House

  • 2023-03-23 : Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Budget, 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.

  • 2023-03-24 : Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  • 2023-07-27 : Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged

  • 2023-07-27 : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  • 2023-07-27 : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 2.

  • 2023-09-28 : Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-229, Part I.

  • 2023-09-28 : Committee on Financial Services discharged.

  • 2023-09-28 : Committee on the Budget discharged.

  • 2023-09-28 : Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 187.

  • 2024-03-11 : Mr. Graves (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  • 2024-03-11 : Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1074-1076)

  • 2024-03-11 : DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1752.

  • 2024-03-11 : At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  • 2024-03-11 : Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1079-1080)

  • 2024-03-11 : On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 375 - 20 (Roll no. 79). (text: CR H1074)

  • 2024-03-11 : Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  • 2024-03-12 : Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Roll Calls (1):
  • Roll Call Agency: House
  • Vote Date: 2024-03-11
  • Description: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended RC# 79
  • Yea Votes: 375
  • Members Voting: Nydia Velazquez,Frank Pallone,Gerald Connolly,Henry Cuellar,Anna Eshoo,Bill Foster,Henry Johnson,Doris Matsui,Bill Pascrell,Janice Schakowsky,Brad Sherman,Debbie Wasserman Schultz,Earl Blumenauer,Andre Carson,Yvette Clarke,James Clyburn,Joe Courtney,Danny Davis,Rosa DeLauro,Lloyd Doggett,Al Green,James Himes,Sheila Jackson-Lee,Marcy Kaptur,Rick Larsen,John Larson,Barbara Lee,Zoe Lofgren,Stephen Lynch,Betty McCollum,Gwen Moore,Jerrold Nadler,Chellie Pingree,C.A. Ruppersberger,Linda Sanchez,Adam Schiff,David Scott,Robert Scott,Bennie Thompson,Mike Thompson,Dina Titus,Maxine Waters,Mario Diaz-Balart,James McGovern,Gregory Meeks,Paul Tonko,Vern Buchanan,Michael Burgess,Kay Granger,Cathy McMorris Rodgers,Bill Posey,Pete Sessions,Adam Smith,Gus Bilirakis,Ken Calvert,Tom Cole,Robert Latta,Tom McClintock,Mike D. Rogers,Grace Napolitano,Judy Chu,Christopher Smith,John Carter,Sam Graves,Brett Guthrie,Darrell Issa,Frank Lucas,Blaine Luetkemeyer,Richard Neal,Mike Quigley,Adrian Smith,Glenn Thompson,Michael Turner,Jim Costa,Robert Aderholt,John Garamendi,Jim Jordan,Doug Lamborn,Harold Rogers,Steve Scalise,Robert Wittman,Nancy Pelosi,Larry Bucshon,Jeff Duncan,Bill Huizenga,Tim Walberg,Steve Womack,Scott DesJarlais,Charles Fleischmann,Morgan Griffith,Mike Kelly,Daniel Webster,Frederica Wilson,Terri Sewell,Andy Harris,William Keating,Mark Amodei,Suzanne Bonamici,Donald Payne,Joyce Beatty,Richard Hudson,Grace Meng,Suzan DelBene,Hakeem Jeffries,Julia Brownley,Matthew Cartwright,Jared Huffman,Bradley Schneider,Juan Vargas,Randy Weber,Brad Wenstrup,Garland Barr,Daniel Kildee,Ami Bera,Steven Horsford,Tony Cardenas,David Joyce,Derek Kilmer,Doug LaMalfa,Mark Pocan,Scott Peters,Raul Ruiz,Eric Swalwell,Mark Takano,David Valadao,Robin Kelly,Jason Smith,Katherine Clark,Donald Norcross,Alma Adams,Rick Allen,Brian Babin,Mike Bost,Earl Carter,Tom Emmer,Glenn Grothman,French Hill,Barry Loudermilk,John Moolenaar,Alexander Mooney,Dan Newhouse,David Rouzer,Elise Stefanik,Bruce Westerman,Ryan Zinke,Bonnie Coleman,Brendan Boyle,Don Beyer,Gary Palmer,Mark DeSaulnier,Norma Torres,Pete Aguilar,Seth Moulton,Ted Lieu,Debbie Dingell,Garret Graves,Trent Kelly,Darin LaHood,James Comer,Dwight Evans,Jody Arrington,Don Bacon,Jim Banks,Nanette Barragan,Jack Bergman,Lisa Rochester,Salud Carbajal,Luis Correa,Adriano Espaillat,Drew Ferguson,Brian Fitzpatrick,Matt Gaetz,Vicente Gonzalez,Josh Gottheimer,Pramila Jayapal,Mike Johnson,Ro Khanna,Raja Krishnamoorthi,David Kustoff,Brian Mast,Jimmy Panetta,Jamie Raskin,John Rutherford,Lloyd Smucker,Darren Soto,Thomas Suozzi,Claudia Tenney,Ron Estes,Jimmy Gomez,John Curtis,Debbie Lesko,Troy Balderson,Kevin Hern,Joseph Morelle,Mary Gay Scanlon,Susan Wild,Colin Allred,Kelly Armstrong,James Baird,Tim Burchett,Ed Case,Sean Casten,Ben Cline,Angela Craig,Dan Crenshaw,Jason Crow,Sharice Davids,Madeleine Dean,Veronica Escobar,Elizabeth Fletcher,Russ Fulcher,Jesus Garcia,Sylvia Garcia,Lance Gooden,Mark Green,Michael Guest,Jared Golden,Jahana Hayes,Chrissy Houlahan,Dusty Johnson,John Joyce,Suzanne Lee,Mike Levin,Dan Meuser,Carol Miller,Lucy McBath,Joseph Neguse,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,Ilhan Omar,Christopher Pappas,Gregory Pence,Ayanna Pressley,Katie Porter,Guy Reschenthaler,John Rose,Rebecca Sherrill,Elissa Slotkin,Abigail Spanberger,Greg Stanton,Pete Stauber,Bryan Steil,Haley Stevens,Kim Schrier,William Timmons,Lori Trahan,Lauren Underwood,Michael Waltz,Dan Bishop,Greg Murphy,Kweisi Mfume,Mike Garcia,Tom Tiffany,Jerry Carl,Sara Jacobs,Young Kim,Jay Obernolte,Michelle Steel,Kat Cammack,Scott Franklin,Carlos Gimenez,Andrew Clyde,Marjorie Greene,Nikema Williams,Randy Feenstra,Ashley Hinson,Mariannette Miller-Meeks,Mary Miller,Frank Mrvan,Victoria Spartz,Jacob Laturner,Tracey Mann,Jake Auchincloss,Lisa McClain,Michelle Fischbach,Cori Bush,Kathy Manning,Deborah Ross,Teresa Fernandez,Jamaal Bowman,Andrew Garbarino,Nicole Malliotakis,Stephanie Bice,Cliff Bentz,Nancy Mace,Diana Harshbarger,Patrick Fallon,Ernest Gonzales,Ronny Jackson,August Pfluger,Elizabeth Van Duyne,Blake Moore,Burgess Owens,Robert Good,Marilyn Strickland,Scott Fitzgerald,Julia Letlow,Troy Carter,Melanie Stansbury,Jake Ellzey,Shontel Brown,Mike Carey,Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick,Mike Flood,Brad Finstad,Mary Peltola,Pat Ryan,Rudolph Yakym III,Mark Alford,Nikki Budzinski,Eric Burlison,Becca Balint,Mike Collins,Jasmine Crockett,Greg Casar,Elijah Crane,Juan Ciscomani,Yadira Caraveo,Lori Chavez-DeRemer,Donald Davis,Christopher Deluzio,Monica De La Cruz,Anthony D'Esposito,John Duarte,Mike Ezell,Chuck Edwards,Maxwell Frost,Valerie Foushee,Russell Fry,Robert Garcia,Daniel Goldman,Marie Gluesenkamp Perez,Erin Houchin,Val Hoyle,Wesley Hunt,Harriet Hageman,Glenn Ivey,Jeff Jackson,Jonathan Jackson,Thomas Kean,Jennifer Kiggans,Sydney Kamlager-Dove,Kevin Kiley,Laurel Lee,Nick LaLota,Michael Lawler,Nicholas Langworthy,Greg Landsman,Summer Lee,Morgan Luttrell,Jared Moskowitz,Morgan McGarvey,Marcus Molinaro,Max Miller,Seth Magaziner,Nathaniel Moran,Kevin Mullin,Robert Menendez,Zachary Nunn,Wiley Nickel,Brittany Pettersen,Delia Ramirez,Dale Strong,Hillary Scholten,Emilia Sykes,Keith Self,Eric Sorensen,Andrea Salinas,Jill Tokuda,Shri Thanedar,Derrick Van Orden,Gabe Vasquez,Brandon Williams,Jennifer McClellan,Gabe Amo,Celeste Maloy
  • Nay Votes: 20
  • Members Voting: Virginia Foxx,David Schweikert,Thomas Massie,Scott Perry,Ken Buck,Warren Davidson,Andy Biggs,Ralph Norman,Michael Cloud,Chip Roy,Greg Steube,Barry Moore,Lauren Boebert,Byron Donalds,Matt Rosendale,Aaron Bean,Josh Brecheen,Anna Luna,Richard McCormick,Andrew Ogles
  • Absent Votes: 37
  • Members Voting: Kathy Castor,Diana DeGette,Emanuel Cleaver,Steve Cohen,Raul Grijalva,Steny Hoyer,John Sarbanes,Sanford Bishop,Michael McCaul,Michael Simpson,Joe Wilson,Patrick McHenry,Eric Crawford,Paul Gosar,Austin Scott,Lois Frankel,Roger Williams,Joaquin Castro,Ann Kuster,Marc Veasey,Ann Wagner,Ruben Gallego,Neal Dunn,Mike Gallagher,Clay Higgins,Josh Harder,Andy Kim,Dean Phillips,Rashida Tlaib,David Trone,Jeff Van Drew,Jennifer Wexton,Maria Salazar,Ritchie Torres,Troy Nehls,John James,Cory Mills