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117TH CONGRESS J REPT. 117-113
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTIONS FOR RURAL
AMERICA ACT
AUGUST 6, 2021.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4374]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 4374) to bolster certain rural broadband programs of the De-
partment of Agriculture, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America
Act.
SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE BROADBAND ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 603(e) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb-2(e)) is
amended to read as follows:
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2029, to remain available
until expended, to carry out projects in States and territories selected by the
Secretary to be diverse on the basis of geography, topography, and demo-
graphics.
(2) LIMITATION.-Not more than $25,000,000 of the amounts made available
under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year may be provided for a single project..
SEC. 3. RURAL BROADBAND PROGRAM LOANS AND GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
950bb) is amended-
(1) in the section heading, by striking ACCESS TO BROADBAND TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS and inserting RECONNECT
RURAL BROADBAND PROGRAM;
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