Bill Title: Amends the High Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall make grants to private businesses, units of local government, nonprofit organizations, or any combination of those entities for the construction of infrastructure to provide broadband connections to underserved areas. Provides that the grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis after considering certain specified factors. Repeals a Section of the Act concerning the duties of the enlisted nonprofit organization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3629 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator William McCann [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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