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S.88
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.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, Jay [WV] (introduced 1/22/2001)      Cosponsors: 65
Related Bills: H.R.267
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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1/22/2001:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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COSPONSORS(65), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Allard, A. Wayne - 1/30/2001 [CO] Sen Allen, George - 6/14/2001 [VA]
Sen Baucus, Max - 1/22/2001 [MT] Sen Bayh, Evan - 1/22/2001 [IN]
Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 2/8/2001 [UT] Sen Boxer, Barbara - 1/22/2001 [CA]
Sen Breaux, John B. - 11/27/2001 [LA] Sen Bunning, Jim - 3/6/2001 [KY]
Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 1/22/2001 [MT] Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse - 6/27/2001 [CO]
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 4/24/2001 [WA] Sen Carnahan, Jean - 5/8/2002 [MO]
Sen Cleland, Max - 1/22/2001 [GA] Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 1/22/2001 [NY]
Sen Cochran, Thad - 7/25/2001 [MS] Sen Collins, Susan M. - 9/4/2001 [ME]
Sen Conrad, Kent - 1/22/2001 [ND] Sen Craig, Larry E. - 1/22/2001 [ID]
Sen Crapo, Michael D. - 2/7/2001 [ID] Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 1/22/2001 [SD]
Sen Dayton, Mark - 4/24/2001 [MN] Sen DeWine, Michael - 1/22/2001 [OH]
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 1/22/2001 [CT] Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 6/14/2001 [ND]
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 2/8/2001 [IL] Sen Edwards, John - 1/22/2001 [NC]
Sen Ensign, John E. - 6/18/2001 [NV] Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 1/22/2001 [WY]
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 9/12/2001 [CA] Sen Grassley, Charles E. - 11/1/2001 [IA]
Sen Gregg, Judd - 3/1/2001 [NH] Sen Harkin, Tom - 1/22/2001 [IA]
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 1/22/2001 [UT] Sen Helms, Jesse - 1/22/2001 [NC]
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 1/22/2001 [SC] Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 1/31/2001 [AR]
Sen Inhofe, Jim - 1/24/2001 [OK] Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 1/30/2001 [HI]
Sen Johnson, Tim - 1/22/2001 [SD] Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 1/22/2001 [MA]
Sen Kerry, John F. - 1/22/2001 [MA] Sen Landrieu, Mary - 1/22/2001 [LA]
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 1/22/2001 [VT] Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 1/24/2001 [CT]
Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 1/22/2001 [AR] Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 1/29/2001 [MD]
Sen Miller, Zell - 1/22/2001 [GA] Sen Murray, Patty - 1/22/2001 [WA]
Sen Nelson, Bill - 7/25/2001 [FL] Sen Reid, Harry M. - 1/22/2001 [NV]
Sen Roberts, Pat - 1/22/2001 [KS] Sen Santorum, Rick - 2/7/2001 [PA]
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 1/31/2001 [MD] Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 1/22/2001 [NY]
Sen Smith, Bob - 2/7/2001 [NH] Sen Smith, Gordon - 2/1/2001 [OR]
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 1/22/2001 [ME] Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 5/16/2001 [MI]
Sen Stevens, Ted - 2/27/2001 [AK] Sen Thomas, Craig - 1/22/2001 [WY]
Sen Thurmond, Strom - 5/14/2001 [SC] Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 2/27/2001 [NJ]
Sen Warner, John W. - 2/8/2001 [VA] Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 1/29/2001 [MN]
Sen Wyden, Ron - 1/22/2001 [OR]
Sen Brownback, Sam - 1/22/2001(withdrawn - 2/6/2001) [KS]

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/22/2001--Introduced.

Broadband Internet Access Act of 2001 - 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.