3.0.0 2298 2022-01-12T15:03:51Z 2022-01-12T15:03:51Z Senate S S 2012-04-18 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-04-18T20:31:16Z 2012-04-18 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2012-04-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N Agriculture and Food Government lending and loan guarantees Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Rural conditions and development Agriculture and Food 00 2012-04-18 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-29T20:20:45Z Connecting Rural America Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to include grants in the rural broadband loan program. Limits grants to not more than 50% of a project's development costs, with a waiver for up to 75% of such costs.

Provides higher grant rates for communities that are small, remote, high poverty, and working with specified stakeholders.

Authorizes appropriations for the program.

]]> Connecting Rural America Act Short Titles as Introduced Connecting Rural America Act Display Title Connecting Rural America Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve the program of access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. Introduced in Senate 2012-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2298is/xml/BILLS-112s2298is.xml 2012-04-18 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.