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S.2698
Sponsor: Sen Moynihan, Daniel Patrick(introduced 6/8/2000)
Related Bills: H.R.4728
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incentive to ensure that all Americans gain timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability.
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6/8/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4829-4830)
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COSPONSORS(58), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Akaka, Daniel K. - 10/2/2000 Sen Allard, Wayne - 6/8/2000
Sen Ashcroft, John - 6/23/2000 Sen Baucus, Max - 6/8/2000
Sen Bayh, Evan - 7/25/2000 Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 10/17/2000
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 6/8/2000 Sen Breaux, John B. - 6/8/2000
Sen Brownback, Sam - 6/8/2000 Sen Bryan, Richard H. - 6/8/2000
Sen Bunning, Jim - 6/8/2000 Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 6/8/2000
Sen Cleland, Max - 6/14/2000 Sen Conrad, Kent - 7/13/2000
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 6/8/2000 Sen DeWine, Michael - 6/8/2000
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 10/2/2000 Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 7/25/2000
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 6/8/2000 Sen Edwards, John - 9/15/2000
Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 6/8/2000 Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 9/5/2000
Sen Gorton, Slade - 10/5/2000 Sen Grams, Rod - 10/12/2000
Sen Harkin, Tom - 9/19/2000 Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 10/17/2000
Sen Helms, Jesse - 9/12/2000 Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 6/8/2000
Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 6/8/2000 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 6/21/2000
Sen Johnson, Tim - 6/8/2000 Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 6/8/2000
Sen Kerrey, J. Robert - 6/8/2000 Sen Kerry, John F. - 6/8/2000
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 6/8/2000 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 10/17/2000
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 10/17/2000 Sen Levin, Carl - 9/21/2000
Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 6/8/2000 Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 6/8/2000
Sen Miller, Zell - 10/18/2000 Sen Murray, Patty - 9/12/2000
Sen Reid, Harry M. - 6/8/2000 Sen Robb, Charles S. - 6/8/2000
Sen Roberts, Pat - 6/8/2000 Sen Rockefeller IV, John D. - 6/8/2000
Sen Santorum, Rick - 9/12/2000 Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 6/14/2000
Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 6/8/2000 Sen Smith, Gordon - 9/25/2000
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 6/8/2000 Sen Stevens, Ted - 9/26/2000
Sen Thomas, Craig - 6/14/2000 Sen Thurmond, Strom - 6/8/2000
Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 9/19/2000 Sen Warner, John W. - 9/12/2000
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 6/29/2000 Sen Wyden, Ron - 9/19/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/8/2000--Introduced.

Broadband Internet Access Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the broadband credit which shall be the sum of: (1) the current generation broadband credit; plus; (2) the next generation broadband credit. Defines terms. Requires a study and report.