RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: expand substantially underserved trust area authority to all rural development programs (see S. 3104), S4343 [21JN]

——— grant priority for broadband deployment assistance to areas that are unserved (see S. 2970), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 6073), H5093 [12JN]

——— improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (see S. 3360), S5759 [21AU]

——— prohibit Rural Utilities Service provision of assistance for broadband services without certain minimum download and upload speeds and clarify broadband loan and loan guarantee authority (see H.R. 5213), H1500 [8MR]

——— provide that cybersecurity and electric grid security improvements are eligible for Rural Utility Service financing (see S. 2991), S2991 [5JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (S. 3360), S5761 [21AU]

Texts of

S. 3360, Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act, S5761 [21AU]