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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2582 

To establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic 

development efforts. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2004 

Mrs. CLINTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to support broadband-based 

economic development efforts. 

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

3 SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR BROADBAND-BASED ECONOMIC 

4 DEVELOPMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Public Works and 

6 Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141 et 

7 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 214. GRANTS FOR BROADBAND-BASED ECONOMIC DE9 VELOPMENT. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 

2 applicant’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) a State or local government; 

4 ‘‘(B) an institution of higher education; or 

5 ‘‘(C) a nonprofit economic development or6 ganization. 

7 ‘‘(2) REGION.—The term ‘region’ means an 

8 area— 

9 ‘‘(A) that is determined by the Secretary 

10 to qualify for grants under this section; and 

11 ‘‘(B) that, on the date of submission of an 

12 application for a grant under this section, meets 

13 1 or more of the criteria described in section 

14 301(a). 

15 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—On the application of an eligible ap16 plicant, the Secretary may make grants— 

17 ‘‘(1) to assess the telecommunications infra18 structure of a region; 

19 ‘‘(2) to assess the telecommunications demand 

20 in a region; and 

21 ‘‘(3) to organize programs to boost the supply 

22 of high-speed telecommunications to a region, in23 cluding demand aggregation programs. 

24 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR GRANT.—The Secretary may 

25 make a grant under this section only if the Secretary de-
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1 termines that the project proposed to be carried out using 

2 funds from the grant will advance high-speed tele3 communications in an area with a population of not more 

4 than 1,000,000 individuals, as determined by the Office 

5 of Management and Budget. 

6 ‘‘(d) MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE FOR EACH REGION.— 

7 Not more than $1,000,000 of the amounts made available 

8 to carry out this section may be expended in any 1 region. 

9 ‘‘(e) COST SHARING.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

11 cost of a project carried out using funds made avail12 able under this section shall be 50 percent. 

13 ‘‘(2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—Not more than 

14 50 percent of the non-Federal share of the cost of 

15 a project carried out using funds made available 

16 under this section may be provided through in-kind 

17 contributions. 

18 ‘‘(3) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SECTION.— 

19 Section 204 shall not apply to this section. 

20 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con24 tents contained in section 1(b) of the Public Works and 

25 Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 
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1 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

2 section 213 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 214. Grants for broadband-based economic development.’’. 

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