[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2330 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2330

   To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to clarify certain 
       matters relating to State funding, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 13, 2021

 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to clarify certain 
       matters relating to State funding, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assisting Broadband Connectivity Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. STATE FUNDING UNDER RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Eligibility of Projects That Receive State Funding.--Title VII 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950cc et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 704. ELIGIBILITY OF PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDING.

    ``In administering any broadband or telecommunications program, the 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities 
Service, shall not determine that a project is ineligible for funding 
because the project has received funding from a State.''.
    (b) State Funds To Satisfy Matching Requirements.--For purposes of 
any matching funds requirement under any program administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Rural 
Utilities Service, an applicant for funding under that program may use 
funds received from a State program (including funds received by a 
State from the Federal Government) to satisfy the matching funds 
requirement.
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