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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4642 

To allow Rural Utilities Service telecommunications grants to be made for 

the collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, 

economic development or other community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small internet providers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Mr. DELGADO 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 allow Rural Utilities Service telecommunications grants 

to be made for the collection of broadband infrastructure 

data by local governments, economic development or 

other community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small internet providers. 

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 ‘‘Community Broadband 

5 Mapping Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS GRANTS. 

2 Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

3 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(l) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN6 TITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

7 DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec8 tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 

9 to a unit of local government, an economic development 

10 or other community organization, an electric cooperative 

11 (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 

12 sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 

13 cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 

14 more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena15 bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 

16 infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 

17 with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 

18 any household service percentage requirement, and in de19 termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 

20 grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 

21 an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 

22 25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen23 sus.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE 

2 INTO RURAL AREAS GRANTS. 

3 Section 602 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

4 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–1) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN

7 ENTITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

8 DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec9 tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 

10 to a unit of local government, an economic development 

11 or other community organization, an electric cooperative 

12 (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 

13 sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 

14 cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 

15 more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena16 bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 

17 infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 

18 with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 

19 any household service percentage requirement, and in de20 termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 

21 grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 

22 an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 

23 25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen24 sus.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE BROADBAND ADVANCEMENT GRANTS. 

2 Section 603 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

3 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–2) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN6 TITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

7 DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec8 tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 

9 to a unit of local government, an economic development 

10 or other community organization, an electric cooperative 

11 (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 

12 sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 

13 cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 

14 more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena15 bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 

16 infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 

17 with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 

18 any household service percentage requirement, and in de19 termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 

20 grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 

21 an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 

22 25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen23 sus.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANTS. 

2 Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

3 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN

6 ENTITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

7 DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec8 tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 

9 to a unit of local government, an economic development 

10 or other community organization, an electric cooperative 

11 (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 

12 sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 

13 cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 

14 more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena15 bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 

16 infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 

17 with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 

18 any household service percentage requirement, and in de19 termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 

20 grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 

21 an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 

22 25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen23 sus.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE GRANTS. 

2 Section 2333 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation 

3 and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(j) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN6 TITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE

7 DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec8 tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 

9 to a unit of local government, an economic development 

10 or other community organization, an electric cooperative 

11 (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 

12 sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 

13 cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 

14 more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena15 bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 

16 infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 

17 with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 

18 any household service percentage requirement, and in de19 termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 

20 grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 

21 an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 

22 25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen23 sus.’’. 

24 SEC. 7. RECONNECT GRANTS. 

25 Section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appro26 priations Act, 2018 (132 Stat. 399; Public Law 115–141) 


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1 is amended by inserting ‘‘: Provided further, That, not2 withstanding any other provision of this section, the Sec3 retary may make a grant under this section to a unit of 

4 local government, an economic development or other com5 munity organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 

6 section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric en7 ergy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, 

8 or an internet service provider that has not more than 

9 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the col10 lection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure 

11 is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite 

12 broadband service, without regard to any household serv13 ice percentage requirement, and in determining the eligi14 bility of any such entity for such a grant, the term ‘rural 

15 area’ means an area that is not in an urbanized area or 

16 urban cluster with a population of 25,000 or more as de17 termined by the Bureau of the Census’’ before the period. 

18 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

19 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

20 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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