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S 2970 115th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Rural conditions and development

RURAL Broadband Act of 2018

Introduced: May 24, 2018 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 24, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for Broadband Act of 2018 or the RURAL Broadband Act of 2018

This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to allow financial assistance provided by the Rural Utilities Service for the deployment of broadband-capable infrastructure by a service provider to be used to provide retail fixed broadband service in an area where there is no qualifying broadband-capable infrastructure owned or operated by another service provider.

The term "qualifying broadband-capable infrastructure" means fixed broadband-capable infrastructure: (1) used by a service provider to provide fixed broadband service for which the provider receives universal service support funds, and (2) was financed with funds from the Department of Agriculture. 

What's happening now May 24, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6073 Identical bill RURAL Broadband Act of 2018
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 12, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2970: RURAL Broadband Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2970/
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