The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
S 3242

Sponsored by Tammy Baldwin (D)

ACCESS Rural America Act

Would have raised the shareholder limit for rural phone and internet companies that get federal support.

Tradeoff

Would have let qualifying rural telecom companies skip some Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration. Would have required them to share a financial summary with shareholders.

What's in it

See official bill text

The Senate passed the bill by on December 4, 2024. The House never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Nov 7, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Nov 7, 2023)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Baldwin's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 3311 · Dec 4, 2024)

    Exempts from securities registration certain issuers receiving federal universal service support that have limited holders and assets and file a financial summary form.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 4, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

    Discharged(Dec 4, 2024)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 5, 2024)