H.R. 6473 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6473 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2023Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2023. 2. Community Connect Grant Program Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking less than the and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “less than— (A) a 100-Mbps downstream transmission capacity; and (B) a 20-Mbps upstream transmission capacity. ; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking an area and inserting a rural area; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 10-Mbps and inserting 25-Mbps; and (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 1-Mbps and inserting 3-Mbps; (2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking area; or and inserting area (including any eligible broadband service that will be provided in the future in the eligible service area pursuant to enforceable commitments for network deployment applicable under another broadband funding program); or; and (3) in subsection (g), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028.