3.0.0 3360 2023-01-11T13:41:41Z 2023-01-11T13:41:41Z Senate S 2018-08-21 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-08-21T21:00:10Z Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS B-CROP Act 115 4232 HR 2017-12-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Related bill CRS B-CROP Act 115 1676 S 2017-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 3042 S 2018-06-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470. Related bill CRS 2018-08-21 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5761) IntroReferral 2018-08-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Science, Technology, Communications Building construction Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Navigation, waterways, harbors Rural conditions and development Science, Technology, Communications 00 2018-08-21 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-29T20:54:40Z Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act

This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to include grants in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) program that provides loans and loan guarantees for broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.

In making grants, loans, or loan guarantees under the program, USDA must give: (1) the highest priority to project applicants that offer to provide broadband service to unserved rural households that do not have any residential broadband service, and (2) priority to applicants that offer to provide the maximum level of broadband service to the greatest proportion of rural households.

USDA must then give priority to projects to serve rural communities that:

  • have a population of less than 10,000 permanent residents,
  • are experiencing out-migration,
  • have a high percentage of low-income residents, and
  • are isolated from other significant population centers.

A grant may not exceed 50% of the development costs of a project. USDA may increase the limit to 75% for projects that serve a remote or low-income area that does not have access to broadband service from any provider.

]]> Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act Display Title Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging the provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act Introduced in Senate 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3360is/xml/BILLS-115s3360is.xml 2018-08-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5761) 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.