[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1167. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Welch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 147, strike lines 9 through 19 and insert ``of 
     1974: Provided further, That at least 75 percent of the 
     households to be served by a project receiving a loan or 
     grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area 
     without sufficient access to broadband: Provided further, 
     That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area without 
     sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 100 
     megabits per second downstream and 20 megabits per second 
     upstream: Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot 
     program, preference shall be given to projects with respect 
     to which at least 90 percent of the households to be served 
     by the project are in a rural area without sufficient access 
     to broadband: Provided further, That to the extent possible, 
     projects receiving funds provided under the pilot program 
     must build out service to at least 100 megabits per second 
     downstream and 100''.
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