,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hadg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1          
#bjbf,mrs4 ,mc,clain ,delaney 7for      
herself and ,mr4 ,bresnahan7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require service          
affordability to be considered in       
awarding grants under rural broadband   
programs administered by the ,department
 of ,agriculture4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,prioritizing ,rural ,broadband         
,affordability ,act4  #b4 ,affordability
 ,section #fja of the ,rural            
,electrification ,act of #aicf 7#g      
,u4,s4,c4 #iej;bb7 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
subsection 7c77#b71 by adding at the end

 the following3  7,c7 ,affordability ,in
 determining whether a household is     
unserved for purposes of this section1  
the ,secretary shall consider the       
affordability of broadband service4  2  
and  7#b7 in subsection 7d77#b71 by     
striking subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting
 the following3  7,c7 ,affordability ,in
 determining whether a proposed service 
territory is unserved for purposes of   
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary shall 
consider the affordability of broadband 
service in the service territory4  4    
#c4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect on the  
date that is #a year after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4