3.0.0 1032 2023-01-11T19:47:46Z 2023-01-11T19:47:46Z Senate S S 2007-03-29 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-29T16:12:03Z Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2007 110 2174 HR 2007-05-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-29 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-03-29 True Housing and Community Development Advice and consent of the Senate Broadband Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government publicity Internet Presidential appointments Public-private partnerships Revolving funds Rural economic development Science, Technology, Communications Strategic planning Technology assessment Housing and Community Development 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-09T20:29:32Z Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2007 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish in the Department of Agriculture the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives, to be headed by the Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives.

States that the Under Secretary shall: (1) administer all rural broadband-related grant and loan programs previously administered by the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, including the rural broadband access loan and loan guarantee program and the community connect grant program; (2) conduct rural outreach; (3) foster development of a comprehensive rural broadband strategic vision; (4) assess relevant technologies; (5) serve as a single information source for all federal rural broadband programs and services; and (6) provide technical assistance to state, regional, and local governments to develop broadband deployment strategies.

Directs the Under Secretary to submit: (1) to the President and to Congress a comprehensive rural broadband strategy report; and (2) to Congress a plan for a Rural Broadband Advisory Panel.

Establishes in the Treasury the National Rural Broadband Innovation Fund.

]]> Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1032is/xml/BILLS-110s1032is.xml 2007-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.