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S 4411 116th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020

Introduced: August 4, 2020 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 4, 2020
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Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Broadband Development Grant Program, under which the Federal Communications Commission shall make grants of at least $75 million to states for broadband development. A state that receives such a grant must give priority to opportunity zones and unserved areas or locations and must expend at least 5% of the grant funds in a technologically neutral manner to support broadband adoption by populations that face barriers to digital equity.

What's happening now August 4, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Aug 4, 2020
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Aug 4, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4411: Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4411/
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"S. 4411: Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4411/.
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S. 4411, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4411/.
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