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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8778 
To require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the 
capacity of Federally-assisted housing to support broadband service, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. TIMMONS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
DEAN, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. GREEN of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress 
a report on the capacity of Federally-assisted housing 
to support broadband service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Home Internet Acces-
sibility Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON THE CAPAC-
ITY OF FEDERALLY-ASSISTED HOUSING TO 
SUPPORT BROADBAND SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
on the capacity of Federally-assisted housing to support 
broadband service. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) an analysis that identifies which Federally- 
assisted housing has access to broadband service and 
which such housing does not have access to 
broadband service, disaggregated by State, congres-
sional district, ZIP Code, and census tract, that in-
cludes demographic information and any Federal 
agency responsible for such housing; 
(2) an analysis of which such housing does not 
currently have the capacity to support broadband 
service deployment and would require retrofitting to 
support 
broadband 
service 
deployment, 
disaggregated by State, congressional district, ZIP 
Code, and census tract, that includes demographic 
information and any Federal agency responsible for 
such housing; 
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(3) an analysis of the estimated costs and time-
frame necessary for all Federally-assisted housing to 
have the capacity to support broadband service; 
(4) an analysis of the challenges to more wide-
spread deployment of broadband service, including 
the comparative market dynamics to expansion in 
rural areas and low-income urban and suburban 
areas, and the challenges to pursuing retrofits for all 
Federally-assisted housing to have the capacity to 
support broadband service; 
(5) descriptions of lessons learned from pre-
vious retrofitting actions; 
(6) an evaluation of the ConnectHome pilot 
program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment; and 
(7) recommendations for Congress to allow for 
all Federally-assisted housing to have the capacity to 
support broadband service under a range of specific 
projected timelines. 
SEC. 3. PLAN FOR BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY IN FEDER-
ALLY-ASSISTED HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in consultation with the Comptroller 
General and other relevant heads of Federal agencies, 
shall— 
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