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Rural Broadband: Technical Assistance and Planning Grants

Also known as: Rural Broadband Assistance Act

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Key Points

  • Congressman Taylor and Congressman Sorensen introduced a bill to help rural areas get the expert help they need to set up high-speed internet. Instead of just giving money for cables, this plan provides grants for the "behind-the-scenes" work like planning, engineering, and applying for federal funding.
  • The bill allows the Department of Agriculture to give grants to nonprofits, colleges, and local governments. These groups will then help small towns and tribes create business plans, conduct environmental studies, and design the technical layout of their new broadband networks.
  • This policy aims to solve the problem where small, rural towns want better internet but do not have the staff or expertise to navigate complicated federal grant applications. By providing technical experts, the government hopes to make it easier for these communities to successfully compete for available infrastructure funds.
  • A wide range of groups can receive this help, including tribal governments, local towns, territories, and historically Black colleges. The goal is to ensure that even the smallest or most remote communities have a fair shot at modernizing their technology and connecting to the digital economy.

Milestones

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Apr 30, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Rural Broadband Assistance Act

Bill NumberHR 3125
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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