A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish in the Federal Communications Commission the Broadband Development Grant Program.
Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020
This bill establishes the Broadband Development Grant Program, under which the Federal Communications Commission shall make grants of at least $75 million to states for broadband development. A state that receives such a grant must give priority to opportunity zones and unserved areas or locations and must expend at least 5% of the grant funds in a technologically neutral manner to support broadband adoption by populations that face barriers to digital equity.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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