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Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report on promoting broadband Internet access service for veterans, in particular low-income veterans and veterans residing in rural areas.
In preparing the report, the FCC shall provide the public with notice and an opportunity to comment.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6394 as passed House without amendment on Dec 6, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Dec 6, 2016
Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016
Passed · Two-thirds required
411 Yea 4 Nay 18 not voting
Crossed both parties 4 of 415 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6394 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 6394 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
3 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.