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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3280 
To increase access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, 
to increase minimum broadband speeds in rural areas, and to provide 
grants, loans, and loan guarantees to finance the costs of the construc-
tion, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for 
broadband service in rural areas, and other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2025 
Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BOST, and Ms. 
STANSBURY) 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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To increase access to broadband telecommunications services 
in rural areas, to increase minimum broadband speeds 
in rural areas, and to provide grants, loans, and loan 
guarantees to finance the costs of the construction, im-
provement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment 
for broadband service in rural areas, and other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Broadband Mod-
ernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RURAL BROADBAND MODERNIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 601. ACCESS TO BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
provide grants, provide loans, and provide loan guarantees 
to provide funds for the costs of the construction, improve-
ment, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for 
broadband service in rural areas. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
BROADBAND
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘broadband service’ means any technology identified 
by the Secretary as having the capacity to transmit 
data to enable a subscriber to the service to origi-
nate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, 
and video. 
‘‘(2) RURAL AREA.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘rural area’ 
means any area other than— 
‘‘(i) an area described in clause (i) or 
(ii) of section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Con-
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solidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A)); and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant or direct 
loan, a city, town, or incorporated area 
that has a population of greater than 
20,000 inhabitants. 
‘‘(B) URBAN
AREA
GROWTH.—The Sec-
retary may, by regulation only, consider an area 
described in section 343(a)(13)(F)(i)(I) of such 
Act to not be a rural area for purposes of this 
section. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
POPU-
LATIONS.—The term does not include any pop-
ulation described in subparagraph (H) or (I) of 
section 343(a)(13) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
1991(a)(13)). 
‘‘(c) GRANTS, LOANS, AND LOAN GUARANTEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants, shall make loans, and shall guarantee loans 
to eligible entities described in subsection (d) to pro-
vide funds for the construction, improvement, or ac-
quisition of facilities and equipment for the provision 
of broadband service in rural areas that, at a min-
imum, delivers 100 Mbps (or such greater rate as 
the Secretary may establish) symmetrical through-
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put for each rural household in the proposed service 
area. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish an application process for grants under this 
section that— 
‘‘(A) permits a single application for a 
grant and a loan under title I, II, or this title 
that is associated with the grant; 
‘‘(B) provides a single decision to award 
such a grant and loan; and 
‘‘(C) ensures timely consideration of appli-
cations by approving or denying applications 
within 30 days after submission. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In making grants, 
making loans, and guaranteeing loans under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) give the highest priority to appli-
cations for projects to provide broadband 
service to unserved rural communities that 
do not have any residential broadband 
service of at least— 
‘‘(I) 
a 
25-Mbps 
downstream 
transmission capacity; and 
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‘‘(II) a 3-Mbps upstream trans-
mission capacity; 
‘‘(ii) give priority to applications for 
projects to provide the maximum level of 
broadband service to the greatest propor-
tion of rural households in the proposed 
service area identified in the application; 
‘‘(iii) give priority to eligible entities 
that have provided broadband service or 
utility service in rural areas for at least 5 
years in the State for which an award is 
sought; 
‘‘(iv) provide equal consideration to all 
eligible entities, based on organizational 
form; and 
‘‘(v) with respect to 2 or more appli-
cations that are given the same priority 
under clause (i), give priority to an appli-
cation that requests less grant funding 
than loan funding. 
‘‘(B) OTHER.—After giving priority to the 
applications described in clauses (i) through 
(iii) of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
give priority to applications— 
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‘‘(i) for projects to provide broadband 
service to rural communities— 
‘‘(I) with a population of less 
than 10,000 permanent residents; 
‘‘(II) that are experiencing out-
migration and have adopted a stra-
tegic 
community 
investment 
plan 
under 
section 
379H(d) 
of 
the 
Consoldiated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act that includes consider-
ations for improving and expanding 
broadband service; 
‘‘(III) with a high percentage of 
low income families or persons (as de-
fined in section 501(b) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471(b))); 
‘‘(IV) that are isolated from 
other significant population centers; 
or 
‘‘(V) that provide rapid and ex-
panded deployment of fixed and mo-
bile 
broadband 
on 
cropland 
and 
ranchland within a service territory 
for use in various applications of pre-
cision agriculture; and 
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‘‘(ii) that were developed with the par-
ticipation of, and will receive a substantial 
portion of the funding for the project from, 
2 or more stakeholders, including— 
‘‘(I) State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments; 
‘‘(II) nonprofit institutions; that 
provide community development or as-
sistance services; 
‘‘(III) community anchor institu-
tions, such as— 
‘‘(aa) public libraries; 
‘‘(bb) 
elementary 
schools 
and secondary schools (as defined 
in section 8101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); 
‘‘(cc) institutions of higher 
education; and 
‘‘(dd) health care facilities; 
‘‘(IV) private entities; and 
‘‘(V) philanthropic organizations. 
‘‘(4) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the amount of any grant 
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made under this section shall not exceed 75 
percent of the total project cost. 
‘‘(B) SECRETARIAL
AUTHORITY
TO
AD-
JUST.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may make grants of 100 percent of the de-
velopment costs of the project for which 
the grant is provided to an eligible entity 
if the Secretary determines that the project 
serves an area of rural households where 
the population density is fewer than 7 
households per square mile. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITION
OF
DEVELOPMENT 
COSTS.—In this paragraph, the term ‘de-
velopment costs’ means costs of— 
‘‘(I) construction, including labor 
and materials; 
‘‘(II) project applications; and 
‘‘(III) other development activi-
ties, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) DENSITY DETERMINATIONS.—In 
determining population density under this 
section, the Secretary shall prescribe a cal-
culation method which— 
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‘‘(I) utilizes publicly available 
data; and 
‘‘(II) includes only those areas in 
which the applicant is able to meet 
the service requirements under this 
section, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(5) FEES.—In the case of loan guarantees 
issued or modified under this section, the Secretary 
shall charge and collect from the lender fees in such 
amounts as to reduce the costs of subsidies for guar-
anteed loans, except that the amount of the fees 
shall be determined so as to not act as a bar to par-
ticipation in the programs and to not be inconsistent 
with current practices in the marketplace. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to ob-
tain a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this 
section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate the ability to furnish 
or improve service in order to meet the 
broadband buildout requirements estab-
lished under subsection (e)(3) in all or part 
of an unserved rural area; 
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‘‘(ii) submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require; and 
‘‘(iii) agree to complete buildout of 
the broadband infrastructure described in 
the application by not later than 5 years 
after the initial date on which the applica-
tion is approved and the initial funds pur-
suant to that award are received by the ap-
plicant. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
not provide to an eligible entity that provides 
telecommunications or broadband service to at 
least 20 percent of the households in the United 
States, funds under this section for a fiscal year 
in excess of 15 percent of the funds made avail-
able under subsection (j) for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) GRANT.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, a project shall— 
‘‘(i) be carried out in a proposed serv-
ice territory in which not less than 90 per-
cent of the households are unserved by ter-
restrial 
wireline 
or 
licensed 
wireless 
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broadband service speeds of at least 100 
Mbps downstream transmission capacity 
and 20 Mbps upstream transmission ca-
pacity, or such higher speed thresholds as 
the Secretary may determine constitute an 
unserved rural area pursuant to subsection 
(e)(2); and 
‘‘(ii) not concurrently receive any 
other broadband grant administered by the 
Rural Utilities Service, the Department of 
the Treasury, the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration, or 
a State grant program. 
‘‘(B) LOAN OR LOAN GUARANTEE.—A bor-
rower may use a loan or loan guarantee pro-
vided under this section to carry out a project 
in a proposed service territory only if, as of the 
date on which the application for the loan or 
loan guarantee is submitted, not less than 50 
percent of the locations in the proposed service 
territory are unserved or have service levels 
below the minimum acceptable level of fixed ter-
restrial broadband service, whether wireline or 
licensed wireless, established under subsection 
(e). 
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‘‘(3) EQUITY AND MARKET SURVEY REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-
quire an entity to provide matching funds under 
this section in an amount not to exceed 10 per-
cent of the amount of the grant, loan, or loan 
guarantee requested in the application of the 
entity, unless the Secretary determines that a 
higher percentage is required for financial feasi-
bility. 
‘‘(B) MARKET SURVEY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may require an entity that proposes to 
have a subscriber projection of more than 
20 percent of the broadband service mar-
ket in a rural area to submit to the Sec-
retary a market survey. 
‘‘(ii) LESS THAN 20 PERCENT.—The 
Secretary may not require an entity that 
proposes to have a subscriber projection of 
less than 20 percent of the broadband 
service market in a rural area to submit a 
market survey under clause (i). 
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‘‘(iii) 
INFORMATION.—Information 
submitted under this subparagraph shall 
be— 
‘‘(I) certified by the affected 
community, city, county, or designee; 
or 
‘‘(II) demonstrated on— 
‘‘(aa) the broadband map of 
the affected State if the map con-
tains address-level data; or 
‘‘(bb) 
the 
National 
Broadband Map if address-level 
data is unavailable. 
‘‘(4) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES.—Subject to paragraph (1), a State or 
local government (including any agency, subdivision, 
or instrumentality thereof (including consortia there-
of)) and an Indian tribe shall be eligible for assist-
ance under this section to provide broadband serv-
ices to a rural area. 
‘‘(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
provide to any eligible entity described in para-
graph (1) of this subsection that is applying for 
assistance under this section for a project de-
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scribed in subsection (c)(3)(A)(i) technical as-
sistance and training— 
‘‘(i) to prepare reports and surveys 
necessary to request grants, loans, and 
loan guarantees under this section for 
broadband deployment; 
‘‘(ii) to improve management, includ-
ing financial management, relating to the 
proposed broadband deployment; 
‘‘(iii) to prepare applications for 
grants, loans, and loan guarantees under 
this section; or 
‘‘(iv) to assist with other areas of 
need identified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Not less than 3 percent 
and not more than 5 percent of the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this section for a fis-
cal year shall be used for technical assistance 
and training under this paragraph. 
‘‘(e) BROADBAND SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
for purposes of this section, the minimum acceptable 
level of broadband service for a rural area to be 
deemed served for purposes of this section shall be 
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via terrestrial wireline or licensed wireless networks 
with at least— 
‘‘(A) a 100-Mbps downstream transmission 
capacity; and 
‘‘(B) a 20-Mbps upstream transmission ca-
pacity. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—At least once every 2 
years and more frequently as the Secretary deems 
necessary and appropriate, the Secretary shall re-
view, and may adjust through notice published in 
the Federal Register— 
‘‘(A) the minimum acceptable level of 
broadband service established under paragraph 
(1) for an area to be deemed unserved and thus 
eligible for an award under this section; and 
‘‘(B) the broadband buildout requirements 
under paragraph (3), to ensure that high qual-
ity, cost-effective broadband service is provided 
to rural areas. 
‘‘(3) BROADBAND BUILDOUT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘broadband 
buildout requirement’ means the level of 
broadband service an applicant receiving assist-
ance under this section must agree, at the time 
the application is finalized, to provide for the 
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duration of any project-related agreement be-
tween the applicant and the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT.—The 
broadband buildout requirement shall, at a min-
imum, deliver 100 Mbps symmetrical through-
out for each rural household in the proposed 
service area. The Secretary may increase this 
minimum requirement for the performance 
broadband service in considering new applica-
tions. 
‘‘(C) SUBSTITUTE
SERVICE
STANDARDS 
FOR UNIQUE SERVICE TERRITORIES.—If an ap-
plicant shows that it would be cost prohibitive 
to meet the broadband buildout requirements 
established under this paragraph for the en-
tirety of a proposed service territory due to the 
unique characteristics of the proposed service 
territory, the Secretary and the applicant may 
agree to utilize substitute standards for any 
unserved portion of the project that should con-
tinue to consider the best technology available 
to meet the needs of the residents in the 
unserved area. 
‘‘(f) TECHNOLOGICAL NEUTRALITY.—For purposes 
of determining whether to provide assistance for a project 
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under this section, the Secretary shall use criteria that are 
technologically neutral and criteria that ensures the tech-
nology can meet program broadband buildout require-
ments and the evolving needs of rural households and 
businesses, including precision agriculture. 
‘‘(g) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR LOANS AND LOAN 
GUARANTEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a loan or loan guarantee under this 
section shall— 
‘‘(A) bear interest at an annual rate of, as 
determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a direct loan, a rate 
equivalent to— 
‘‘(I) the cost of borrowing to the 
Department of the Treasury for obli-
gations of comparable maturity; or 
‘‘(II) 4 percent; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a guaranteed loan, 
the current applicable market rate for a 
loan of comparable maturity; and 
‘‘(B) have a term of such length, not ex-
ceeding 35 years, as the borrower may request, 
if the Secretary determines that the loan is ade-
quately secured. 
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‘‘(2) RECURRING
REVENUE.—The Secretary 
shall consider the recurring revenues of the entity at 
the time of application in determining an adequate 
level of credit support. 
‘‘(h) ADEQUACY OF SECURITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the type and amount of, and method of security 
used to secure, any loan or loan guarantee under 
this section is commensurate to the risk involved 
with the loan or loan guarantee, particularly in any 
case in which the loan or loan guarantee is issued 
to a financially strong and stable entity, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT AND METH-
OD OF SECURITY.—In determining the amount of, 
and method of security used to secure, a loan or 
loan guarantee under this section, the Secretary 
shall consider reducing the security in a rural area 
that does not have broadband service. 
‘‘(i) PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN LOAN AND 
GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may use the funds appropriated for a grant under 
this title for the cost (as defined by section 502 of 
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the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of providing 
assistance under paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.—When providing a 
grant under this title, the Secretary, at the sole dis-
cretion of the Secretary, may make— 
‘‘(A) a subsidized loan, which shall bear a 
reduced interest rate at such a rate as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate to meet the ob-
jectives of the program; or 
‘‘(B) a payment assistance loan, which 
shall— 
‘‘(i) require no interest and principal 
payments while the borrower is— 
‘‘(I) in material compliance with 
the loan agreement; and 
‘‘(II) meeting the milestones and 
objectives of the project agreed to 
under paragraph (3); and 
‘‘(ii) require such nominal periodic 
payments as the Secretary determines to 
be appropriate. 
‘‘(3) AGREEMENT ON MILESTONES AND OBJEC-
TIVES.—With respect to payment assistance pro-
vided under paragraph (2), before entering into the 
agreement under which the payment assistance will 
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be provided, the applicant and the Secretary shall 
agree to milestones and objectives of the project. 
‘‘(4) AMENDMENT OF MILESTONES AND OBJEC-
TIVES.—The Secretary and the applicant may jointly 
agree to amend the milestones and objectives agreed 
to under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(5) CONSIDERATIONS.—In deciding to utilize 
the payment assistance authority under paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall consider whether or not the 
payment assistance will— 
‘‘(A) improve the compliance of the grant-
ee with any commitments made through the 
grant agreement; 
‘‘(B) promote the completion of the 
broadband project; 
‘‘(C) protect taxpayer resources; and 
‘‘(D) 
support 
the 
integrity 
of 
the 
broadband programs administered by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(6) LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
The Secretary may not make a payment assistance 
loan under paragraph (2)(B) to an entity receiving 
a grant under this section that is a recipient of a 
loan under title I or II that is associated with the 
grant. 
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‘‘(i) the number of communities with 
a population of 2,500 or fewer inhabitants 
in the State; bears to 
‘‘(ii) the number of communities with 
a population of 2,500 or fewer inhabitants 
in all States. 
‘‘(C) 
UNOBLIGATED
AMOUNTS.—Any 
amounts in the reserve established for a State 
for a fiscal year under subparagraph (B) that 
are not obligated by April 1 of the fiscal year 
shall be available to the Secretary to make 
loans and loan guarantees under this section to 
eligible entities in any State, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(k) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No grant, or 
loan, or loan guarantee may be made under this section 
after September 30, 2030.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2025. 
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