Middle Mile for Rural America Act
Official title: To expand middle mile infrastructure into rural areas.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Middle Mile for Rural America Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 a Department of Agriculture program to support middle mile broadband infrastructure in rural areas. Under the program, middle mile infrastructure is broadband infrastructure that does not connect directly to end users (including anchor institutions) and may include interoffice transport, backhaul, internet connectivity, data centers, or special access transport to rural areas.
The program provides grants, loans, and loan guarantees for middle mile projects in rural areas. It was established in 2018 but has not been funded.
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- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
- White House Office
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5037: Middle Mile for Rural America Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5037/
"H.R. 5037: Middle Mile for Rural America Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5037/.
H.R. 5037, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5037/.
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