# 114-hr-6013: Community Broadband Act of 2016

114-hr-6013, Community Broadband Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6013
- Congress: 114
- Title: Community Broadband Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2016-09-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Community Broadband Act of 2016 This bill amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to bar states from prohibiting their state government, a political subdivision, or an Indian tribe from providing (i.e., serving as a "public provider" of) high-speed broadband telecommunications capabilities or services to persons or public or private entities. A public provider that regulates competing private providers of such telecommunications services may not discriminate in favor of itself or a provider that it owns.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- 114-hr-5894: Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5207: Freedom of Religion Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4798: Reuniting Families Act
- 114-hr-4792: To update the oil and gas and mining industry guides of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

## Sources
- [114-hr-6013 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6013)

## Related
- [114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5980)
- [114-hr-5894: Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5894)
- [114-hr-5207: Freedom of Religion Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5207)
- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4798: Reuniting Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4798)
- [114-hr-4792: To update the oil and gas and mining industry guides of the Securities and Exch…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4792)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6013 (as of 2025-11-18).