47 U.S.C. § 1722 — Sense of Congress
submitted 5 years ago by Pub. L. 117-58 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 171 words · no verdicts yet
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It is the sense of Congress that—
a broadband connection and digital literacy* are increasingly critical to how individuals—
participate in the society, economy, and civic institutions of the United States; and
access health care and essential services, obtain education, and build careers;
digital exclusion—
carries a high societal and economic cost;
materially harms the opportunity of an individual with respect to the economic success, educational achievement, positive health outcomes, social inclusion, and civic engagement of that individual; and
exacerbates existing wealth and income gaps, especially those experienced by covered populations*;
achieving digital equity* for all people of the United States requires additional and sustained investment and research efforts;
the Federal Government, as well as State*, tribal, territorial, and local governments, have made social, legal, and economic obligations that necessarily extend to how the citizens and residents of those governments access and use the internet; and
achieving digital equity is a matter of social and economic justice and is worth pursuing.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title III, § 60303, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1212.)
- 2021Enacted · Pub. L. 117-58 · 135 Stat. 1212
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