I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8808 
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to permit the use of payments 
received under the Coronavirus Relief Fund for grants for the deployment 
of infrastructure for the provision of broadband internet access service, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 24, 2020 
Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. LATTA, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BYRNE, 
and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to permit 
the use of payments received under the Coronavirus Re-
lief Fund for grants for the deployment of infrastructure 
for the provision of broadband internet access 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 ‘‘Enabling Extra Time 
to Extend Network Deployment Act’’ or the ‘‘EXTEND 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND PAYMENTS 
FOR 
GRANTS 
FOR 
DEPLOYMENT 
OF 
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 801) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (g) 
as subsections (f) through (h), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) GRANTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of sub-
section (d), a grant awarded in accordance with this 
subsection to a provider of broadband internet ac-
cess service for the deployment of infrastructure for 
the provision of such service shall be treated as an 
eligible expenditure under paragraph (1) of such 
subsection (d) and paragraph (3) of such subsection 
shall be applied to such an expenditure by sub-
stituting ‘December 31, 2021’ for ‘December 30, 
2020’. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
REGARDING
MUNICIPAL 
BROADBAND.—A State, Tribal government, or unit 
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of local government may not use funds provided 
under a payment made under this section— 
‘‘(A) to provide or offer for sale broadband 
internet access service; or 
‘‘(B) to purchase, lease, or otherwise ob-
tain facilities that are used exclusively to pro-
vide broadband internet access service by— 
‘‘(i) the State, Tribal government, or 
unit of local government; or 
‘‘(ii) a third party. 
‘‘(3) 
LIMITATION
REGARDING
OVER-
BUILDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State, Tribal gov-
ernment, or unit of local government may not 
award a grant from funds provided under a 
payment made under this section for the de-
ployment of infrastructure for the provision of 
broadband internet access in an area that is not 
an unserved area unless the State, Tribal gov-
ernment, or unit of local government has 
awarded grants from such funds for the deploy-
ment of such infrastructure in all unserved 
areas in the State, or in the jurisdiction of the 
Tribal government or unit of local government, 
as the case may be, such that no such area will 
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remain an unserved area after such deployment 
is complete. 
‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION
OF
UNSERVED 
AREAS.—To determine whether an area is an 
unserved area for purposes of subparagraph 
(A), a State, Tribal government, or unit of local 
government shall— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
use the maps created under section 
802(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)); and 
‘‘(ii) until such maps are available, 
use the final list of eligible areas released 
by the Commission in the matter of Rural 
Digital Opportunity Fund (WC Docket No. 
19–126), except that the State, Tribal gov-
ernment, or unit of local government shall 
exclude any area in the State, or in the ju-
risdiction of the Tribal government or unit 
of local government, as the case may be, 
with respect to which (as of the time of the 
determination)— 
‘‘(I) funding has been awarded 
through the Rural Digital Oppor-
tunity Fund Phase I Auction; or 
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‘‘(II) there is an enforceable com-
mitment by a provider of broadband 
internet access service to provide such 
service in the area, even if the service 
is not yet available, unless the pro-
vider is not meeting any applicable 
build-out deadlines. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—A State, 
Tribal government, or unit of local government may 
not award a grant from funds provided under a pay-
ment made under this section for the deployment of 
infrastructure for the provision of broadband inter-
net access service unless the State, Tribal govern-
ment, or unit of local government— 
‘‘(A) at least 90 days before awarding such 
grant, provides public notice, and an oppor-
tunity for challenge that begins on the date on 
which such public notice is provided and ends 
on the date that is 90 days thereafter, of which 
areas have been determined to be unserved 
areas under paragraph (3)(B) for purposes of 
the awarding of such grant; 
‘‘(B) awards such grant in a techno-
logically neutral manner; 
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‘‘(C) does not require a provider of 
broadband internet access service to be des-
ignated as an eligible telecommunications car-
rier under section 214(e) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e)) as a con-
dition of receiving grant funds; 
‘‘(D) does not require a provider of 
broadband internet access service to meet any 
requirement relating to the provision of such 
service (including an open access or rate re-
quirement) as a condition of receiving grant 
funds, except for a requirement that applies to 
providers of broadband internet access service 
as of the date of the enactment of this sub-
section; 
‘‘(E) prohibits a provider of broadband 
internet access service from using grant funds 
to repay, or make any other payment relating 
to, a loan made by any public or private lender; 
and 
‘‘(F) prohibits a provider of broadband 
internet access service from using grant funds 
as collateral for a loan made by any public or 
private lender. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) 
BROADBAND
INTERNET
ACCESS 
SERVICE.—The term ‘broadband internet access 
service’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (or any successor regulation). 
‘‘(B) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commis-
sion’ means the Federal Communications Com-
mission.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to payments 
made under section 601 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 801) on or after March 27, 2020, includ-
ing with respect to a grant from funds provided 
under such a payment for the deployment of infra-
structure for the provision of broadband internet ac-
cess service that was awarded, or the expenditure of 
such funds for a purpose described in subsection 
(e)(2) of such section that was incurred, by a State, 
Tribal government, or unit of local government be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms defined in section 601 of the Social Security 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 801) have the meanings given such 
terms in such section. 
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