Whereas October 29, 2019, was the 50th anniversary of the first message sent from one computer to another using the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (referred to in this preamble as the ARPANET ), a pioneering predecessor to the internet; Whereas, on October 29, 1969, researchers using the SDS Sigma 7 Host computer in room 3240 of Boelter Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles (referred to in this preamble as UCLA ), sent the first ever digital data transmission to researchers using the SDS 940 Host computer at the Stanford Research Institute on the ARPANET; Whereas the internet evolved in the last 50 years from an academic and governmental endeavor to the greatest communications network in the history of humanity, improving commerce, communications, entertainment, trans­por­ta­tion, and so many parts of our economy and society; Whereas the internet contributes more than $1 trillion of Gross Domestic Product and 3 million jobs to the United States economy annually; and Whereas the internet developed by efforts from every sector, including— (1) Congress for funding the ARPANET and other networks and commercializing the internet; (2) Federal agencies, including— (A) the Department of Defense through the Advanced Research Projects Agency (now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for funding and administering the ARPANET and other networks and developing network protocols; (B) the National Science Foundation for funding and administering the Computer Science Network (CSNET), the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), and other networks; (C) the Department of Commerce through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for its leadership role in managing multistakeholder technical bodies; and (D) the Federal Communications Commission in encouraging adoption and improving access to the internet; (3) State, local, and Tribal governments for encouraging connectivity and deploying infrastructure