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Creates a new rural broadband program under the Rural Electrification Act that provides grants, loans, or both to eligible entities to build, improve, or acquire broadband facilities in rural areas. The program sets minimum technical service standards (speed), eligibility and priority rules (for unserved/underserved areas and eligible providers), cost‑share and technical assistance rules, buildout deadlines, and is funded for fiscal years 2026–2030; it also sunsets a prior related program provision 120 days after enactment.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced April 30, 2025 by Zach Nunn · Last progress 10 months ago