3.0.0 2578 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-24 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-24T19:04:30Z 2004-06-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N Science, Technology, Communications Broadband Commerce Economics and Public Finance Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Industrial parks Internet Rural conditions Rural economic development Small business Telephone Science, Technology, Communications 00 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-14T16:23:18Z Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) make grants to eligible recipients to facilitate the deployment by the private sector of broadband telecommunications networks and capabilities to underserved rural areas; and (2) guarantee loans used for such purpose.

Requires particular emphasis to be given to entities that use grant proceeds to: (1) provide underserved rural areas with access to Internet services by local telephone; (2) demonstrate models or technologies to bring broadband services to such areas; and (3) use broadband services to stimulate economic development in such areas.

Limits to $100 million the total amount of such grants.]]>

Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative Act of 2004 Display Title Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide grants and other incentives to promote new communications technologies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-24T04:00:00Z 2004-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.