H.R.760 - Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 as introduced.

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Official Summary

1/28/2009--Introduced.Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified advanced broadband infrastructure bonds. Limits the issuance authority for such bonds in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to $1 billion fo

Official Summary

1/28/2009--Introduced.Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified advanced broadband infrastructure bonds. Limits the issuance authority for such bonds in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to $1 billion for state and local government issuers and $10 billion for all other issuers. Requires the use of bond proceeds to finance broadband infrastructure projects to provide residential or small business consumers with high-speed access to the Internet.Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Department of Commerce to:
(1) approve requests for qualified advanced broadband infrastructure projects;
(2) monitor the implementation of such projects; and
(3) make determinations regarding increases in the transmission speed requirements of the advanced broadband infrastructure bond program.

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12/23/10
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Senate Bill S.3 and House Bill HR 760 provide iron clad proof that it is impossible to spend decades voting for the "lesser of two evils," and end up with anything but evil. It does look like the Senate and the House will work out the ...

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11/25/10
Partial-Birth Abortions Should Be Legal

HR 760 is not a ban on one clearly defined, late-term abortion method, as its proponents deceptively claim. Instead, it is an extreme measure that sacrifices women's health to further the ideological agenda of the anti-choice movement. ...

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10/27/10
Watch Out Muslims: State Senator Dan Patrick Creates "Tea Party ...

Next bill Dan Patrick and the Tea Party Caucus sponsor--HR 760, a joint resolution condemning the "political targeting" of Chris Matthews. Ah, I remember listening to him in the morning, getting riled up for class in the pre-9/11 world, ...

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