Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 11, 2022)
Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022
This bill modifies administration of and requirements for broadband deployment programs.
Specifically, it requires the Department of the Treasury to participate in interagency activities to coordinate federally supported broadband deployment.
The bill also increases the percentage (from 50% to 80%) of rural households that a project must serve in order to receive a grant or a loan to expand access to broadband for distance learning and telemedicine in rural areas.
What just happenedMar 22, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 11, 2022
- Mar 22, 2022Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee - Mar 14, 2022Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Communications and Technology Subcommittee - Mar 11, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Agriculture Committee - Mar 11, 2022IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 11, 2022IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2022IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House