I 
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 tele-
phone cooperatives, and small internet providers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mr. DELGADO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 juris-
diction 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 co-
operatives, and small internet providers. 
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 ‘‘Community Broadband 
Mapping Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS GRANTS. 
Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN-
TITIES
TO
COLLECT
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 
to a unit of local government, an economic development 
or other community organization, an electric cooperative 
(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 
sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 
cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 
more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena-
bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 
infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 
with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 
any household service percentage requirement, and in de-
termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 
grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 
an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 
25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE 
INTO RURAL AREAS GRANTS. 
Section 602 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb–1) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN 
ENTITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 
to a unit of local government, an economic development 
or other community organization, an electric cooperative 
(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 
sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 
cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 
more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena-
bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 
infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 
with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 
any household service percentage requirement, and in de-
termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 
grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 
an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 
25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.’’. 
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SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE BROADBAND ADVANCEMENT GRANTS. 
Section 603 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb–2) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN-
TITIES
TO
COLLECT
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 
to a unit of local government, an economic development 
or other community organization, an electric cooperative 
(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 
sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 
cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 
more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena-
bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 
infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 
with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 
any household service percentage requirement, and in de-
termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 
grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 
an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 
25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.’’. 
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SEC. 5. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANTS. 
Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN 
ENTITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 
to a unit of local government, an economic development 
or other community organization, an electric cooperative 
(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 
sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 
cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 
more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena-
bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 
infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 
with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 
any household service percentage requirement, and in de-
termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 
grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 
an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 
25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.’’. 
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SEC. 6. DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE GRANTS. 
Section 2333 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN-
TITIES
TO
COLLECT
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Secretary may make a grant under this section 
to a unit of local government, an economic development 
or other community organization, an electric cooperative 
(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that 
sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone 
cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not 
more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of ena-
bling the collection of data relating to where broadband 
infrastructure is located and which homes are provided 
with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to 
any household service percentage requirement, and in de-
termining the eligibility of any such entity for such a 
grant, the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in 
an urbanized area or urban cluster with a population of 
25,000 or more as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.’’. 
SEC. 7. RECONNECT GRANTS. 
Section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (132 Stat. 399; Public Law 115–141) 
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is amended by inserting ‘‘: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of this section, the Sec-
retary may make a grant under this section to a unit of 
local government, an economic development or other com-
munity organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric en-
ergy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, 
or an internet service provider that has not more than 
100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the col-
lection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure 
is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite 
broadband service, without regard to any household serv-
ice percentage requirement, and in determining the eligi-
bility of any such entity for such a grant, the term ‘rural 
area’ means an area that is not in an urbanized area or 
urban cluster with a population of 25,000 or more as de-
termined by the Bureau of the Census’’ before the period. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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