Bills, Bills, Bills

The Senate advanced a series of tech and telecom-related bills by unanimous consent on Dec 13, including:

• the AMBER Alert Nationwide Act, S. 3461, which expands the alert system to cover US territories and major transportation routes;
• the Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act, S. 645, which mandates that the Commerce Department examine and report on the effects of the digital economy; and
• an amended version of the National Quantum Initiative Act, H.R. 6227, which directs the president to implement a National Quantum Initiative Program to establish a plan to develop the technology.