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Rural Broadband Enhancement Act

Introduced: March 29, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Apr 6, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Mar 29, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Mar 29, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Broadband Enhancement Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a proceeding to provide Federal universal service support for the deployment of broadband telecommunications service (high speed voice, data, graphic, and video telecommunications) to eligible rural communities ( non-metropolitan areas with no more than 20,000 inhabitants).

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administrative Organization Act to direct the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture to make loans or other credit extensions to eligible telecommunications carrier providers, or to companies that accept the obligations of such carriers, to finance the deployment of broadband service to eligible rural communities.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2005.

What's happening now April 10, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2307 Identical bill Rural Broadband Enhancement Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 30, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4122: Rural Broadband Enhancement Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4122/
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"H.R. 4122: Rural Broadband Enhancement Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4122/.
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H.R. 4122, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4122/.
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