3.0.0 5682 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z House H HR 2008-04-02 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2008-11-19T23:43:34Z Referred to 2008-04-02T14:06:00Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-02T16:37:02Z Referred to 2008-04-02T14:05:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-04-02T14:05:50Z 2008-11-19 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. Committee 2008-04-02 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Committee 2008-04-02 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-04-02 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-04-02 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-02 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 N Science, Technology, Communications Bonds Broadband Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cooperative societies Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Educational television Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Housing and Community Development Income tax Information networks Policy sciences Rural economic development Rural health Tax credits Tax deductions Taxation Telecommunication industry Telemedicine Telephone Television broadcasting Television stations Unrelated business income tax Science, Technology, Communications 00 2008-04-02 Introduced in House 2008-04-09T16:39:57Z Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers in rural or underserved areas to elect to expense broadband expenditures, including installation and connection costs.

Permits mutual or cooperative telephone companies to reduce their unrelated business taxable income in any year by the amount of their broadband expenditures.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to designate census tracts identifying rural and underserved areas. Prohibits federal or state agencies from adopting regulations and ratemaking procedures that would eliminate or reduce the broadband expense deduction provided by this Act.

Allows a business-related tax credit for providing broadband services to rural or underserved subscribers through the radio transmission of energy.

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish a grant to a local government with at least one rural or underserved area to establish publicly available broadband networks.

Extends funding for: (1) public safety communications interoperability; (2) 911 access; and (3) telehealth programs.

Revises provisions relating to rural area loans and loan guarantees regarding access to broadband telecommunications services, including revising the definition of "eligible rural community."

Requires designation of a National Center for Rural Telecommunications Assessment.

Establishes the Community Connect Grant Program to provide broadband service that fosters economic growth and delivers enhanced educational, health care, and public safety services.

Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants to noncommercial education television broadcast stations that serve rural areas to enhance digital services.

Extends the termination date of the authority to guarantee bonds or notes for electrification or telephone purposes.

]]> Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008 Display Title Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To improve access to broadband service in rural and underserved areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5682ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5682ih.xml 2008-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. 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.