S 4763
117th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
GRID Broadband Act of 2022
Introduced: August 3, 2022
Introduced by:
Cantwell, Maria
Democratic
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Became law
Aug 3, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 3, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Grants to Rapidly Invest and Deploy Broadband Act of 2022 or the GRID Broadband Act of 2022
This bill establishes a program through which the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must award competitive, matching grants for constructing or otherwise expanding fiber optics communications infrastructure to support broadband expansion. Eligible grantees include electric grid operators, transmission owners or operators, and other electric utilities. In awarding the grants, the NTIA must prioritize recipients that, among other activities, monitor threats to and otherwise support the security of the electric grid.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1