House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001
Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2001
- Committee actionMay 9, 2001
- Passed HouseFeb 27, 2002 · 273–157
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1542.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001” on May 24, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13084
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1542, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0596ba6c6235a5f6fda9a22f3d7b239a7980bb48df4e72028861d6cf4ba8cc98
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001” on May 24, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13084
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1542, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0596ba6c6235a5f6fda9a22f3d7b239a7980bb48df4e72028861d6cf4ba8cc98
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001” on June 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 13, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13129
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1542, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0596ba6c6235a5f6fda9a22f3d7b239a7980bb48df4e72028861d6cf4ba8cc98
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001” on June 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 13, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13129
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1542, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0596ba6c6235a5f6fda9a22f3d7b239a7980bb48df4e72028861d6cf4ba8cc98
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 107-83,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 107-83,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/83
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/83 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1542, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0596ba6c6235a5f6fda9a22f3d7b239a7980bb48df4e72028861d6cf4ba8cc98
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
112 cosponsors — 58 Republicans, 54 Democrats
54 of 112 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), David Bonior (D-MI), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Dave Camp (R-MI), Bob Clement (D-TN), Mac Collins (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA) and 82 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Tauzin.
- H.R. 4560 (107th) Auction Reform Act of 2002
- H.R. 3448 (107th) Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
- H.Res. 238 (107th) Condemning any price gouging with respect to motor fuels during the hours and days after the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001.
- H.R. 4 (107th) Energy Policy Act of 2002
- H.R. 3160 (107th) Bioterrorism Prevention Act of 2001
- H.R. 2587 (107th) Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.