[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3620. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 357, after line 14, add the following:
       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in 
     carrying out any discretionary grant or funding program using 
     funds provided under this heading, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall give priority to providing broadband 
     funding to areas in the United States that, as determined by 
     the Secretary, have challenging topography and face 
     additional barriers to broadband deployment due to higher 
     costs for infrastructure buildout.
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