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Rural Broadband Deployment Act

Introduced: June 5, 2007 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2007
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jun 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Jun 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
Jun 5, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jun 5, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jun 5, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Broadband Deployment Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 with respect to rural broadband access loan or loan guarantee eligibility to: (1) not require a market survey for an applicant who is projecting less than 15% penetration of households in a service area; and (2) replace the credit support requirement, including the cash on hand requirement, with a minimum 20% of loan equity position (10% in specified situations of a single provider or limited broadband service participation area).

What's happening now June 26, 2007

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

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