3.0.0 3587 2023-03-08T20:12:10Z 2023-03-08T20:12:10Z Senate S 2022-02-07 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-02-07T20:49:44Z Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022 117 7060 HR 2022-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Identical bill CRS 2022-02-07 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S547) IntroReferral 2022-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-02-07 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2022-02-07 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2022-02-07 True Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 00 2022-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-17T12:24:22Z Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022

This bill modifies administration of and requirements for broadband deployment programs.

Specifically, it requires the Department of the Treasury to participate in interagency activities to coordinate federally supported broadband deployment.

The bill also increases the percentage (from 50% to 80%) of rural households that a project must serve in order to receive a grant or a loan to expand access to broadband for distance learning and telemedicine in rural areas.

]]> Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022 Display Title Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify conditions of funding for the distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program of the Rural Utilities Service, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3587is/xml/BILLS-117s3587is.xml 2022-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S547) 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.