,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bd1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,barr introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,vi of the    
,social ,security ,act to permit the use
 of amounts under the ,coronavirus      
,relief ,fund for rural broadband       
expansion and improvement4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,rural ,broadband ,expansion ,act of    
#bjbj4  #b4 ,clarification relating to  
,coronavirus ,relief ,fund expenditures 
7a7 ,in general ,section #fja of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#hja7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7h7 ,rural broadband    
expansion or improvement ,for purposes  
of subsection 7d7 and notwithstanding   
paragraph 7#c7 of such subsection1      
necessary expenditures described in such
 subsection shall include the expansion 
or improvement of infrastructure in     

rural areas 7as defined in section      
#ajbf4ce7;b77iv77,a7 of title #ab1 ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations 7or any       
successor regulation77 for the provision
 of broadband internet access service   
7as defined in section #h4a7;b7 of title
 #dg1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or
 any successor regulation774  4  7b7    
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to payments made to a ,state1 ,tribal   
government1 or unit of local government 
under title ,,vi of the ,social         
,security ,act before or after the date 
of enactment of this ,act4