I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2411 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to 
consumers to reimburse a portion of the cost of broadband infrastructure 
serving limited broadband districts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2021 
Mr. KILMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a tax credit to consumers to reimburse a portion of 
the cost of broadband infrastructure serving limited 
broadband districts. 
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 ‘‘Broadband for All Act 
of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR COST OF BROADBAND 
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING LIMITED BROAD-
BAND DISTRICTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by inserting after section 36B the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 36C. COST OF BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE SERV-
ING LIMITED BROADBAND DISTRICTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any member of 
a limited broadband district, there shall be allowed as a 
credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle for the tax-
able year an amount equal to 75 percent of the qualified 
broadband infrastructure payments with respect to such 
district paid or incurred by such person during such tax-
able year. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL DOLLAR LIMITATION.—The credit al-
lowed under subsection (a) with respect to any taxpayer 
for any taxable year shall not exceed $10,000. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) LIMITED
BROADBAND
DISTRICT.—The 
term ‘limited broadband district’ means any group 
of two or more persons if— 
‘‘(A) each such person enters into an 
agreement with a public or private provider of 
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broadband 
Internet 
access 
service 
under 
which— 
‘‘(i) such provider agrees to provide 
qualified broadband service to such person, 
and 
‘‘(ii) such person agrees to pay such 
provider for such person’s share (deter-
mined pursuant to such agreement) of the 
provider’s investment in infrastructure nec-
essary to provide such service, and 
‘‘(B) all of the qualified broadband service 
provided pursuant to such agreements is pro-
vided to locations in an unserved broadband 
community. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE 
PAYMENTS.—The term ‘qualified broadband infra-
structure payment’ means any payment described in 
paragraph (1)(A)(ii). Such payment may include 
reasonable interest charges. 
‘‘(3) UNSERVED
BROADBAND
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘unserved broadband community’ means 
any community that (as of the time the agreement 
described in paragraph (1) is entered into)— 
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