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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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118TH CONGRESS 1 REPT. 118-229
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO RURAL INTERNET
DEVELOPMENT GRANT ELIGIBILITY ACT
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, from the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1752]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1752) to amend the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed
broadband deployment initiative, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ 3
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 3
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3
Legislative History and Consideration ................................................................. 4
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 4
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ....................................... 5
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 5
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 5
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 6
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 6
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 6
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 7
Preemption Clarification ........................................................................................ 7
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis of The Legislation ..................................................... 7
Section 1. Short Title ....................................................................................... 7
Section 2. High-Speed Broadband Deployment Initiative ............................ 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 8
Com m ittee Correspondence .................................................................................... 11
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