US Congress House Bill 800 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Pending: House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

New Deal Rural Broadband Act of 2017 This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a rural broadband office within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and authorize new grants and loans for developing broadband in rural, underserved, and tribal areas. The bill establishes the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives and the position of Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives to: administer all rural broadband-related grant and loan programs currently administered by the Rural Utilities Service, conduct specified outreach and coordination activities, and conduct and release to the public an inventory of federal and state property on which a broadband facility could be constructed. The bill establishes the Breaking Ground on Rural Broadband Program and the Tribal Broadband Assistance Program to provide grants, loans, or loan guarantees for the development of broadband in rural, underserved, and tribal areas. The bill modifies existing programs to authorize USDA to: (1) provide grants, in addition to loans and loan guarantees permitted under current law, for the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in rural areas; and (2) give priority to multijurisdictional projects for the development of broadband or telecommunications services through the collaboration and participation of multiple stakeholders in the service area. The bill authorizes federal land management agencies to retain and use certain rental fees for communications activities on federal lands. The agencies may use the fees for specified activities related to administering and managing communications sites.

New Deal Rural Broadband Act of 2017

Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2017-02-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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.
2017-02-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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.
2017-02-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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.
2017-02-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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.
2017-02-01	House	Introduced in House

HB2425 (Related) 2018-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 861.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/800/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr800/BILLS-115hr800ih.pdf