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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6142 

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a last acre 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2023 

Mr. FINSTAD (for himself and Ms. CARAVEO) 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 establish 

a last acre program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Linking Access to Spur 

5 Technology for Agriculture Connectivity in Rural Environ6 ments Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘LAST ACRE Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LAST ACRE PROGRAM. 

2 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title VI of the Rural Electrifica3 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 607. LAST ACRE PROGRAM. 

6 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

7 ‘‘(1) to advance precision agriculture 

8 connectivity nationwide; and 

9 ‘‘(2) to augment last mile broadband deploy10 ment for agricultural producers by expanding high11 speed internet access across the last acre. 

12 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERV14 ICE.—The term ‘broadband internet access service’ 

15 has the meaning given the term in section 8.1(b) of 

16 title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc17 cessor regulation). 

18 ‘‘(2) BROADBAND MAPS.—The term ‘broadband 

19 maps’ means any map created under— 

20 ‘‘(A) section 802(c)(1) of the Communica21 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)); or 

22 ‘‘(B) section 60105 of the Infrastructure 

23 Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704). 

24 ‘‘(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 

25 means the Federal Communications Commission. 


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1 ‘‘(4) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

2 The term ‘configuration management plan’, with re3 spect to a covered provider, means a comprehensive 

4 description of the roles, responsibilities, policies, and 

5 procedures intended to improve the integrity of the 

6 systems and networks of the covered provider. 

7 ‘‘(5) COVERED PRODUCER.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 

9 producer’ means a person or entity that is di10 rectly engaged in the production of agricultural 

11 products, including crops or livestock, on eligi12 ble land that is unserved or underserved, such 

13 that a majority of the gross income of the per14 son or entity is derived from those products. 

15 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘covered pro16 ducer’ includes agricultural research centers of 

17 the Agricultural Research Service. 

18 ‘‘(6) COVERED PROVIDER.—The term ‘covered 

19 provider’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) with respect to the provision of quali21 fied connectivity to eligible land, a provider of 

22 broadband internet access service; or 

23 ‘‘(B) with respect to the provision of wire24 less solutions using or extending the range of 

25 network connectivity, a provider of wireless 


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1 equipment or communications services, in asso2 ciation with an entity described in subpara3 graph (A). 

4 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘eligible land’ 

5 means cropland, grassland, rangeland, pastureland, 

6 farm sites, and other agricultural land used for the 

7 active production of agricultural commodities or live8 stock. 

9 ‘‘(8) FARM SITE.—The term ‘farm site’ means 

10 a portion of land contiguous to land actively devoted 

11 to agricultural production and that includes im12 provements that are agricultural or horticultural in 

13 nature. 

14 ‘‘(9) LIMITED RESOURCE FARMER OR RANCH15 ER.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara17 graphs (B) and (C), the term ‘limited resource 

18 farmer or rancher’ means a covered producer— 

19 ‘‘(i) with direct or indirect gross farm 

20 sales in each of the previous 2 years of not 

21 more than $100,000, as adjusted for 

22 changes in inflation since 2002 using the 

23 Prices Paid by Farmer Index compiled by 

24 the National Agricultural Statistics Serv25 ice; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) that has a total household in2 come that is— 

3 ‘‘(I) at or below the national pov4 erty level for a family of 4; or 

5 ‘‘(II) less than 50 percent of the 

6 county median household income in 

7 each of the previous 2 years. 

8 ‘‘(B) DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes of 

9 determining if a covered producer is a limited 

10 resource farmer or rancher, the Secretary may 

11 require the submission of sufficient documenta12 tion to verify the status of the covered pro13 ducer. 

14 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this 

15 paragraph, the term ‘covered producer’ does not 

16 include the agricultural research centers de17 scribed in paragraph (5)(B). 

18 ‘‘(10) PRECISION AGRICULTURE.—The term 

19 ‘precision agriculture’ means managing, tracking, or 

20 reducing crop or livestock production inputs, includ21 ing seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, 

22 at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granu23 larity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and 

24 maintain or improve environmental quality. 

25 ‘‘(11) QUALIFYING CONNECTIVITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying 

2 connectivity’ means the service offered by a cov3 ered provider as a result of assistance under 

4 subsection (c) that— 

5 ‘‘(i) is capable of a speed of not less 

6 than— 

7 ‘‘(I) a 100–Mbps downstream 

8 transmission capacity; and 

9 ‘‘(II) a 20–Mbps upstream trans10 mission capacity; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) carries out not less than 1 of the 

12 activities described in subparagraph (B). 

13 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activi14 ties referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) are— 

15 ‘‘(i) providing broadband internet ac16 cess service by any technology to struc17 tures and devices on eligible land, includ18 ing tractors, combines, irrigation systems, 

19 drones, under-soil sensors, livestock facili20 ties, and farm offices; 

21 ‘‘(ii) providing multipoint wireless net22 work connectivity that facilitates data 

23 transmission between structures and de24 vices on eligible land, including structures 

25 and devices described in clause (i); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) supporting— 

2 ‘‘(I) the construction of wireless 

3 infrastructure, including poles, towers, 

4 base stations, or other structures, re5 gardless of whether the structure has 

6 an existing antenna facility, that is 

7 used or will be used for the provision 

8 of wireless service; or 

9 ‘‘(II) the retrofitting of existing 

10 towers or vertical structures, such as 

11 water towers, grain elevators, or cen12 ter pivots, to accommodate wireless 

13 infrastructure. 

14 ‘‘(12) REMOTE AREA.—The term ‘remote area’ 

15 means the frontier and remote ZIP Code areas pub16 lished by the Economic Research Service. 

17 ‘‘(13) UNDERSERVED.—The term ‘underserved’ 

18 means, with respect to eligible land, that the eligible 

19 land lacks access to broadband internet access serv20 ice that is capable of a speed of not less than— 

21 ‘‘(A) a 100–Mbps downstream trans22 mission capacity; and 

23 ‘‘(B) a 20–Mbps upstream transmission 

24 capacity. 


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1 ‘‘(14) UNSERVED.—The term ‘unserved’ means, 

2 with respect to eligible land, eligible land that lacks 

3 access to broadband internet access service that is 

4 capable of a speed of not less than— 

5 ‘‘(A) a 25–Mbps downstream transmission 

6 capacity; and 

7 ‘‘(B) a 3–Mbps upstream transmission ca8 pacity. 

9 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

11 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 

12 shall establish a program, to be known as the ‘Last 

13 Acre Program’, to make grants and loans to covered 

14 providers on a competitive basis to provide quali15 fying connectivity to unserved and underserved eligi16 ble land. 

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail18 able under subsection (k) for a fiscal year for assist19 ance under paragraph (1), the Secretary may award 

20 not more than 10 percent to agricultural research 

21 centers described in subsection (b)(5)(B). 

22 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) CYBERSECURITY.—The Secretary may 

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1 section (c), as necessary, to address the cybersecu2 rity requirements under subsection (g). 

3 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not 

4 award any assistance under subsection (c) for 

5 broadband internet access service— 

6 ‘‘(A) to an inhabitable residence that is 

7 identified as serviceable or as to be served due 

8 to an enforceable commitment to deploy on the 

9 broadband maps; or 

10 ‘‘(B) on a commercial basis to surrounding 

11 areas outside the eligible land. 

12 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

14 subparagraph (B), the Federal share of a 

15 project carried out using assistance under sub16 section (c) shall be not more than 80 percent of 

17 the total cost of the project. 

18 ‘‘(B) LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS OR

19 RANCHERS.—The Secretary may increase the 

20 Federal share of the costs described in subpara21 graph (A) to 90 percent if the covered producer 

22 of the applicable eligible land is a limited re23 source farmer or rancher. 

24 ‘‘(e) BID APPLICATIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To apply for assistance 

2 under subsection (c), a covered provider shall submit 

3 to the Secretary an application in such manner and 

4 containing such information as the Secretary may 

5 require, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) the measures by which the covered 

7 producer has engaged with the covered provider 

8 to identify the appropriate qualifying 

9 connectivity plan to serve the eligible land of 

10 the covered producer; 

11 ‘‘(B) a description of how the assistance 

12 provided under subsection (c) would be used to 

13 establish qualifying connectivity on the 

14 unserved or underserved eligible land of a cov15 ered producer, including the entire acreage in 

16 need of qualifying connectivity; 

17 ‘‘(C) the amount of the Federal share for 

18 the project and the amount of the non-Federal 

19 share for the project; 

20 ‘‘(D) whether the covered provider is capa21 ble of carrying out the specific funded activities 

22 in compliance with all Federal, State, and local 

23 laws; 

24 ‘‘(E) whether the covered provider has the 

25 financial and managerial capacity to meet the 


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1 specific commitments contained in the applica2 tion, including buildout obligations; 

3 ‘‘(F) whether the covered provider has the 

4 technical and operational capability to construct 

5 and operate broadband networks; 

6 ‘‘(G) whether the eligible land of the cov7 ered producer— 

8 ‘‘(i) is unserved or underserved; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) is not subject to an enforceable 

10 commitment to deploy broadband by the 

11 applicant or another covered provider, as 

12 determined according to the broadband 

13 maps; and 

14 ‘‘(H) any additional information that the 

15 Secretary determines necessary to ensure the 

16 effective function of the program under this 

17 section. 

18 ‘‘(2) REGISTRATION OF COVERED PRO19 VIDERS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 

21 date on which the Secretary establishes the pro22 gram under this section pursuant to subsection 

23 (c), the Secretary shall create an online portal 

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1 untarily with the Secretary for purposes of the 

2 program under this section. 

3 ‘‘(B) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.—To 

4 register with the Secretary under subparagraph 

5 (A), the Secretary shall require a covered pro6 vider to submit the minimum amount of infor7 mation necessary for the covered provider to 

8 demonstrate to the Secretary that the covered 

9 provider— 

10 ‘‘(i) is capable of carrying out activi11 ties for which assistance is provided under 

12 subsection (c) in compliance with all appli13 cable Federal, State, and local laws; 

14 ‘‘(ii) has the financial and managerial 

15 capacity to meet commitments necessary to 

16 carry out the projects for which assistance 

17 is received under subsection (c); and 

18 ‘‘(iii) has the technical and oper19 ational capability— 

20 ‘‘(I) to construct and operate 

21 broadband networks; and 

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1 tification required under paragraph 

2 (2) of that subsection. 

3 ‘‘(C) PROHIBITIONS.—In registering cov4 ered providers under subparagraph (A), the 

5 Secretary shall not— 

6 ‘‘(i) require a covered provider to pro7 vide any proprietary business information 

8 for purposes of registering under that sub9 paragraph; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) require a covered provider to 

11 participate in the program under this sec12 tion. 

13 ‘‘(D) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Sec14 retary may make a list of covered providers reg15 istered under subparagraph (A) publicly avail16 able. 

17 ‘‘(3) BIDDING.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the Secretary 

19 receives a complete initial bid application under 

20 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allow covered 

21 providers registered under paragraph (2)(A) 

22 that operate contiguous to, near, or partially on 

23 the eligible land that is the subject of the initial 

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1 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION TO COVERED PRO2 VIDERS.—Not less frequently than once every 

3 30 days, the Secretary shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) post on an internet website of the 

5 Secretary that is accessible to covered pro6 viders the necessary identifying informa7 tion of eligible land contained in a com8 plete initial bid application; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) not later than 24 hours after the 

10 time at which the information described in 

11 clause (i) is posted, send notice of that 

12 post to covered providers registered under 

13 paragraph (2)(A) by electronic mail. 

14 ‘‘(C) CHALLENGES.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 

16 business days after the date on which the 

17 Secretary posts the information described 

18 in subparagraph (B)(i), a covered provider 

19 may submit to the Secretary notice of a 

20 challenge of any posted eligible land at 

21 which— 

22 ‘‘(I) the qualifying connectivity of 

23 the covered provider is available to the 

24 entire portion of land in the initial bid 


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1 application without assistance under 

2 subsection (c); 

3 ‘‘(II) the covered provider could 

4 initiate qualifying connectivity 

5 through a routine installation within 

6 10 business days of a request with no 

7 extraordinary monetary charges or 

8 delays attributable to the extension of 

9 the network of the covered provider; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(III) the covered provider has 

12 an enforceable commitment to deploy 

13 broadband to the eligible land. 

14 ‘‘(ii) ADJUDICATION OF CHAL15 LENGES.— 

16 ‘‘(I) PROCESS.—The Secretary 

17 shall establish a transparent, evi18 dence-based, and expeditious process 

19 for adjudicating a challenge submitted 

20 under clause (i) with respect to a loca21 tion within 90 business days of the 

22 date on which the Secretary posts the 

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1 ‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT.—The proc2 ess established by the Secretary under 

3 subclause (I) shall include making 

4 publicly available on the website of the 

5 Secretary a written notice describing 

6 the outcome and reason for the deci7 sion of the Secretary with respect to 

8 each challenge submitted under clause 

9 (i). 

10 ‘‘(III) LIMITATION.—The Sec11 retary may not award any assistance 

12 under subsection (c) for a particular 

13 application until all challenges with 

14 respect to the eligible land described 

15 in that application have been fully ad16 judicated. 

17 ‘‘(iii) NEW SOLICITATION.—If, after 

18 adjudicating a challenge under clause (i), 

19 the Secretary determines that the land 

20 subject to the challenge is eligible land that 

21 is unserved or underserved, the Secretary 

22 shall transmit to each covered provider 

23 registered under paragraph (2)(A) a bid 

24 notification for the provision of qualifying 

25 connectivity to the eligible land. 


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1 ‘‘(D) COMPETING BID APPLICATIONS.—A 

2 covered provider registered under paragraph 

3 (2)(A) that receives a notification under sub4 paragraph (B)(ii) or a notification under sub5 paragraph (C)(iii) and wishes to submit a com6 peting bid application for provision of qualifying 

7 connectivity to the eligible land described in 

8 that notification shall, not later than 120 days 

9 after the date on which the covered provider 

10 registered under paragraph (2)(A) receives the 

11 notification, submit to the Secretary a com12 peting bid application to provide that qualifying 

13 connectivity in accordance with paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(E) EVALUATION.—Not later than 30 

15 business days after the date on which the 120- 

16 day period described in subparagraph (D) ends, 

17 the Secretary shall evaluate the bid applications 

18 received and select the applicant that— 

19 ‘‘(i) presents the lowest cost to the 

20 Secretary for the provision of qualifying 

21 connectivity to the eligible land that is 

22 unserved or underserved; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) best demonstrates to the covered 

24 producer the ability to provide downstream 

25 and upstream transmission capacity that 


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1 can reliably support the specific 

2 connectivity needs of all on-farm applica3 tions described in the bid application, in4 cluding mobility, if mobility was included 

5 in the bid application. 

6 ‘‘(F) ENHANCED SPEEDS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) FINDING.—Congress finds that 

8 there are unique connectivity needs to sup9 port the adoption of precision agriculture. 

10 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITIZATION.—In selecting 

11 bid applicants under subparagraph (E), 

12 the Secretary may give priority to a cov13 ered provider that offers enhanced service 

14 speeds that are greater than those de15 scribed in subsection (b)(11)(A)(i), if the 

16 applicant demonstrates that the proposal 

17 to serve the eligible land of a covered pro18 ducer that is unserved or underserved re19 quires such enhanced service speeds. 

20 ‘‘(G) TREATMENT OF PROPRIETARY IN21 FORMATION.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition 

23 under paragraph (2)(C)(i) shall not apply 

24 to a covered provider in the submission of 

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1 cluding a competing bid application under 

2 subparagraph (D) or a challenge under 

3 subparagraph (C), if the proprietary infor4 mation is necessary for the Secretary— 

5 ‘‘(I) to determine the eligibility of 

6 a covered provider; or 

7 ‘‘(II) to evaluate an initial bid 

8 application, competing bid application, 

9 or challenge. 

10 ‘‘(ii) DISCLOSURE IN NOTIFICA11 TION.— 

12 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the notifi13 cation required under subparagraph 

14 (B), the Secretary— 

15 ‘‘(aa) shall only disclose the 

16 necessary and appropriate infor17 mation contained within an ini18 tial bid application for the pur19 poses of facilitating competing 

20 bid applications; and 

21 ‘‘(bb) shall not divulge pro22 prietary information of the appli23 cable covered provider and cov24 ered producer in the application. 


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1 ‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT.—In a bid 

2 application under this subsection, in3 cluding a competing bid application 

4 under subparagraph (D) or a chal5 lenge under subparagraph (C), an ap6 plicant shall clearly mark any propri7 etary information with the term ‘con8 fidential proprietary information’. 

9 ‘‘(iii) TREATMENT.—If a covered pro10 vider provides in a bid application under 

11 this subsection, including a competing bid 

12 application under subparagraph (D) or a 

13 challenge under subparagraph (C), propri14 etary information that constitutes a trade 

15 secret, proprietary commercial or financial 

16 information, confidential business informa17 tion, or data affecting national security, 

18 the Secretary shall treat the information in 

19 confidence to the greatest extent permitted 

20 by law. 

21 ‘‘(iv) PRIVACY.—Nothing in this sec22 tion affects the applicability to this section 

23 of section 1619 of the Food, Conservation, 

24 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8791). 

25 ‘‘(4) TIMELINE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each project for 

2 which assistance under subsection (c) is pro3 vided, the Secretary shall establish service 

4 buildout milestones and periodic certifications 

5 by recipients of the assistance for purposes of 

6 project compliance and implementation. 

7 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The milestones re8 quired under subparagraph (A) shall establish a 

9 maximum buildout timeframe of not more than 

10 4 years from the date on which the assistance 

11 is provided. 

12 ‘‘(C) PENALTIES.—The Secretary shall es13 tablish and enforce standardized penalties, 

14 fines, and sanctions for noncompliance with a 

15 milestone or certification established under sub16 paragraph (A). 

17 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under sub18 section (c), the Secretary shall give priority to applications 

19 to carry out projects in the following order: 

20 ‘‘(1) Unserved eligible land in remote areas. 

21 ‘‘(2) Other unserved eligible land. 

22 ‘‘(3) Underserved eligible land in remote areas. 

23 ‘‘(4) Other underserved eligible land. 

24 ‘‘(g) CYBERSECURITY.—As a condition on receipt of 

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1 ‘‘(1) ensure that any structure, device, or sys2 tem provided or constructed using the assistance in3 corporates a layered defense strategy as a means of 

4 defensible security architecture; and 

5 ‘‘(2) certify to the Secretary that the covered 

6 provider maintains a regularly updated configuration 

7 management plan. 

8 ‘‘(h) PROHIBITION.—In selecting recipients of assist9 ance under subsection (c), the Secretary shall not advan10 tage or disadvantage the selection of a recipient under this 

11 section based on consideration of the existence, or lack 

12 thereof, of any State law. 

13 ‘‘(i) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall, on 

14 an annual basis— 

15 ‘‘(1) submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 

16 Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Com17 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representa18 tives a report that describes the outcome of the bids 

19 that occurred during the previous fiscal year, includ20 ing the number of parcels of eligible land for which 

21 initial bid applications were submitted during the 

22 previous fiscal year, the number of challenges filed 

23 under subsection (e)(3)(C) during the previous fiscal 

24 year, the outcomes of those challenges, the number 

25 of competing bid applications received under this 


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1 section, and the respective amounts awarded for eli2 gible land; and 

3 ‘‘(2) make the report required under paragraph 

4 (1) publicly available on the website of the Sec5 retary. 

6 ‘‘(j) PROVISION OF DATA TO FCC.—The Secretary 

7 shall, on an annual basis, make the necessary data avail8 able to the Commission for inclusion on the broadband 

9 maps. 

10 ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.’’. 

13 (b) REPEAL.—Section 602 of the Rural Electrifica14 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–1) is repealed. 

15 SEC. 3. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 

16 DATA COLLECTION ON BROADBAND ADOP17 TION. 

18 To provide for the collection and analysis by the Na19 tional Agricultural Statistics Service of more comprehen20 sive broadband usage data, the Secretary of Agriculture 

21 shall update the computer usage and ownership survey 

22 and the census of agriculture conducted under section 2 

23 of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (7 U.S.C. 2204g) 

24 to contain questions relating to— 


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1 (1) whether the respondent subscribes to a 

2 broadband internet access service for a farm site (as 

3 defined in section 607(b) of the Rural Electrification 

4 Act of 1936); and 

5 (2) if the respondent subscribes to the 

6 broadband internet access service described in para7 graph (1)— 

8 (A) the download and upload speeds of the 

9 broadband internet access service to which the 

10 respondent is subscribed; and 

11 (B) the purposes for which the internet ac12 cess is used, including the use of precision agri13 culture (as defined in section 607(b) of the 

14 Rural Electrification Act of 1936). 

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