3.0.0 2385 2022-11-01T13:50:13Z 2022-11-01T13:50:13Z Senate S 2019-07-31 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-31T18:55:05Z Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act 116 5486 HR 2020-01-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Related bill CRS 2019-07-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2019-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Science, Technology, Communications Agricultural practices and innovations Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Farmland Geography and mapping Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Navigation, waterways, harbors Rural conditions and development Telecommunication rates and fees Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-12T21:26:44Z Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, when distributing funds for broadband deployment, to give priority to projects for small ports and projects on cropland or ranchland.

In addition, a recipient of such rural broadband buildout funding must provide certain geolocation information as a condition of receiving the funds.

]]> Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act Display Title Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2385is/xml/BILLS-116s2385is.xml 2019-07-31 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.