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S.2970: RURAL Broadband Act of 2018
About This Bill
- Introduced May 24, 2018
- Latest Major Action May 24, 2018
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Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate - May 24, 2018
Bill Summary
Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for Broadband Act of 2018 or the RURAL Broadband Act of 2018 This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to allow financial assistance provided by the Rural Utilities Service for the deployment of broadband-capable infrastructure by a service provider to be used to provide retail fixed broadband service in an area where there is no qualifying broadband-capable infrastructure owned or...
(Source: Library of Congress)
What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| May 24, 2018 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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| May 24, 2018 |
Introduced in the Senate by Steve Daines (R-Mont.) |