SENATE BILL: Lets Get Wired (LGW) Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

To expand access to broadband

Be it enacted in Both Houses of Congress Assembled,

Lets Get Wired (LGW) Act

1.) This Act hereby recognises the importance of broadband and data access for communities across Atlasia, and recognises that too many communities still lack reliable, affordable and high quality broadband. This act takes the following steps to remedy this inequality.

2.) The Lets Get Wired Task-Force is hereby created, with an NPC chairman and 5 other representatives appointed by the President, along with one representative from each of Atlasia's region. This taskforce is hereby empowered to expand, improve and introduce high-speed broadband across Atlasia and its regions.

3.) $20 billion shall hereby be appropriated over the next 5 years to aims and objectives of the LGW Act. The $20 billion is hereby broken down in the following areas.  

3A.) $10 billion of this funding is for the up-front cost of installing new broadband route in areas currently not receiving an connection of least 25 megabits per second, an upload speed of at least 3 megabits per second.

3B.) $5 billion is hereby granted to the regions of Atlasia to spend on the improving and expanding broadband access.

3C.) $2 billion is hereby allocated for the installation of broadband for rural areas and areas under the oversight of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

3D.) $1 billion is hereby allocated for a federal jobs training and apprenticeship scheme designed to train employees for the skills needed in the installation of broadband infrastructure.

3E.) $1 billion is hereby allocated for public schools and libraries to improve and expand broadband access.

3F.) $500 million is hereby allocated for hospitals and other medical facilities to invest, expand and improve tele-health programs for patients, with the funding designated for improving services for patients with historic difficulty in accessing broadband connections.

3EG) $500 million is hereby allocated to be granted to small business (those with less than 10 employees) to improve internet accessibility for the business, and for employees working from home. The maximum grant amount shall be capped at $5,000 per company.  

Sponsor: Blair
Senate Designation: SB29:12

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to begin advocacy here and other members have another 48 hours with which to respond with their initial comments, questions and concerns.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

How does this interact with previously passed bills on the subject?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

How does this interact with previously passed bills on the subject?

Good question time to head to the wiki...

I know there have been attempts but I am unsure of final passage of such bills.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Where are we at with this?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

How does this interact with previously passed bills on the subject?

Good question time to head to the wiki...

I know there have been attempts but I am unsure of final passage of such bills.

I wrote a Universal Broadband bill that got signed last year.

What are the areas of overlap?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

How does this interact with previously passed bills on the subject?

Good question time to head to the wiki...

I know there have been attempts but I am unsure of final passage of such bills.

I wrote a Universal Broadband bill that got signed last year.

What are the areas of overlap?

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=382317.msg7450879#msg7450879

This was and I think is the bill- I'm trying to go through it to see how to make the two bills link together.

How is this process going?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

apologies over this- will be able to get it up tomorrow when I've got the PC working fully.

What happened to it our sheer technical curiosity?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment is adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Next steps here?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Next steps here?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A Final vote is now open on this legislation, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Lets Get Wired Act:

Aye (6): Blair, Falterin, NC Yankee, Pericles, SevenEleven and Spark498
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

This bill has passed the Senate and is sent to the VP for House action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

To expand access to broadband

Be it enacted in Both Houses of Congress Assembled,

Lets Get Wired (LGW) Act

1.) This Act hereby recognises the importance of broadband and data access for communities across Atlasia, and recognises that too many communities still lack reliable, affordable and high quality broadband. This act takes the following steps to remedy this inequality.

2.) The Lets Get Wired Task-Force is hereby created to work alongside existing commissions , with an NPC chairman and 5 other representatives appointed by the President, along with one representative from each of Atlasia's region. This taskforce is hereby empowered to expand, improve and introduce high-speed broadband across Atlasia and its regions.

3.) $20 billion shall hereby be appropriated over the next 5 years to aims and objectives of the LGW Act. The $20 billion is hereby broken down in the following areas.  

3A.) $10 billion of this funding is for the up-front cost of installing new broadband route in areas currently not receiving an connection of least 25 megabits per second, an upload speed of at least 3 megabits per second.

3B.) $5 billion is hereby granted to the regions of Atlasia to spend on the improving and expanding broadband access.

3C.) $2 billion is hereby allocated for the installation of broadband for rural areas and areas under the oversight of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

3D.) $1 billion is hereby allocated for a federal jobs training and apprenticeship scheme designed to train employees for the skills needed in the installation of broadband infrastructure.

3E.) $1 billion is hereby allocated for public schools and libraries to improve and expand broadband access.

3F.) $500 million is hereby allocated for hospitals and other medical facilities to invest, expand and improve tele-health programs for patients, with the funding designated for improving services for patients with historic difficulty in accessing broadband connections.

3EG) $500 million is hereby allocated to be granted to small business (those with less than 10 employees) to improve internet accessibility for the business, and for employees working from home. The maximum grant amount shall be capped at $5,000 per company.  

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,