3.0.0 3633 2026-07-09T14:37:40Z 2026-07-09T14:37:40Z Senate S S 2026-01-14 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3633 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-01-14T17:28:30Z Middle Mile for Rural America Act 119 5037 HR 2026-01-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. Identical bill CRS 2026-01-14 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS N S001208 Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] Elissa Slotkin D MI 2026-01-14 True Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2026-02-04T15:28:33Z 00 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate 2026-07-09T14:33:42Z Middle Mile for Rural America Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 a Department of Agriculture program to support middle mile broadband infrastructure in rural areas. Under the program, middle mile infrastructure is broadband infrastructure that does not connect directly to end users (including anchor institutions) and may include interoffice transport, backhaul, internet connectivity, data centers, or special access transport to rural areas.

The program provides grants, loans, and loan guarantees for middle mile projects in rural areas. It was established in 2018 but has not been funded.

]]> Middle Mile for Rural America Act Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the expansion of middle mile infrastructure into rural areas. 2026-02-03T11:03:40Z Introduced in Senate IS Display Title 45 Middle Mile for Rural America Act 2026-02-03T10:53:16Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Middle Mile for Rural America Act 2026-02-03T10:53:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-01-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3633is/xml/BILLS-119s3633is.xml 2026-01-14 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.