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(c) SINGLE APPLICATION.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, the Office shall seek to create one application 
that may be submitted to apply for all, or substantially 
all, Federal broadband support programs. 
(d) WEBSITE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office shall 
create a central website through which potential applicants 
can learn about and apply for support through any Fed-
eral broadband support program. 
SEC. 5. COORDINATION OF SUPPORT. 
The Office, any agency that offers a Federal broad-
band support program, and the Commission through the 
Universal Service Fund shall coordinate with the Office 
to ensure that support is being distributed in an efficient, 
technology-neutral, and financially sustainable manner, 
with the goal of serving the largest number of persons in 
the United States while avoiding overbuilding and pro-
moting the most job and economic growth for all residents 
of the United States. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
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(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(4) FEDERAL
BROADBAND
SUPPORT
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Federal broadband support pro-
gram’’ does not include any Universal Service Fund 
program and means any of the following programs 
(or any other similar Federal program) to the extent 
the program offers broadband internet service or 
programs for promoting broadband access and adop-
tion for various demographic communities through 
various media for residential, commercial, commu-
nity providers, or academic establishments: 
(A) The Telecommunications and Tech-
nology Program of the Appalachian Regional 
Commission. 
(B) The Telecommunications Infrastruc-
ture Loans and Loan Guarantees, the Rural 
Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees, 
the Substantially Underserved Trust Areas Pro-
visions, the Community Connect Grant Pro-
gram, and the Distance Learning and Tele-
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medicine Grant Program of the Rural Utilities 
Service of the Department of Agriculture. 
(C) The Public Works and Economic Ad-
justment Assistance Programs and the Plan-
ning and Local Technical Assistance Programs 
of the Economic Development Administration of 
the Department of Commerce. 
(D) The Community Development Block 
Grants and Section 108 Loan Guarantees, the 
Funds for Public Housing Authorities: Capital 
Fund and Operating Fund, the Multifamily 
Housing, the Indian Community Development 
Block Grant Program, the Indian Housing 
Block Grant Program, the Title VI Loan Guar-
antee Program, Choice Neighborhoods, the 
HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the 
Housing Trust Fund, and the Housing Oppor-
tunities for Persons with AIDS of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
(E) The American Job Centers of the Em-
ployment and Training Administration of the 
Department of Labor. 
(F) The Library Services and Technology 
Grant Programs of the Institute of Museum 
and Library Services. 
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(5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-
fice of Internet Connectivity and Growth established 
pursuant to section 2. 
(6) UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘Universal Service Fund program’’ means any 
program authorized under section 254 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) to help de-
ploy broadband. 
(7) UNIVERSAL
SERVICE
MECHANISM.—The 
term ‘‘universal service mechanism’’ means any 
funding stream provided by a Universal Service 
Fund program to support broadband access. 
SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act is intended to alter or amend any 
provision of section 254 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 254). 
SEC. 8. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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