SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE BROADBAND ADVANCEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 603(e) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–2(e)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $300,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2030, to remain avail-
able until expended, to carry out projects in accord-
ance with this section— 
‘‘(A) in the case of fiscal year 2022, in 15 
States, including Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 
California, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Minnesota, 
South Carolina, Wyoming, Iowa, and West Vir-
ginia; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2030, in States selected by the 
Secretary to be diverse on the basis of geog-
raphy, topography, and demographics. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than $25,000,000 
of the amounts made available under paragraph (1) 
for each fiscal year may be provided for a single 
project.’’. 
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SEC. 
3. 
RURAL 
BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
LOANS 
AND 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AC-
CESS TO BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
CONNECT RURAL BROADBAND PROGRAM’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program, which shall be known as the 
‘ReConnect Rural Broadband Program’, to provide grants, 
loans, and loan guarantees to finance the costs of the con-
struction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and 
equipment for broadband service in rural areas.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In making grants, 
making loans, and guaranteeing loans under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give the 
highest priority to applications for projects to 
provide broadband service to unserved rural 
communities that do not have any residential 
broadband service of at least— 
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‘‘(i) a 10–Mbps downstream trans-
mission capacity; and 
‘‘(ii) a 1–Mbps upstream transmission 
capacity. 
‘‘(B) OTHER.—After giving priority to the 
applications described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall then give 
priority to applications for projects to provide 
broadband service to rural communities— 
‘‘(i) with a population of less than 
10,000 permanent residents; and 
‘‘(ii) with a high percentage of low in-
come families or persons (as defined in 
section 501(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1471(b)). 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
making grants, making loans, and guaranteeing 
loans under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
consider whether an application was developed 
with the participation of community stake-
holders, and will receive a substantial portion of 
the funding for the project from community 
stakeholders or other non-Federal sources.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)(i)— 
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(i) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A)’’; and 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘any 
of subclauses (I) through (IV) of para-
graph (2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i) 
or (ii) of paragraph (2)(B)’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) GRANT-ONLY
APPLICATIONS.— 
The Secretary shall establish an applica-
tion process that permits an application for 
a grant-only award. 
‘‘(ii) COMBINED APPLICATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall establish an application 
process that permits— 
‘‘(I) a single application for a 
grant and a loan under title I or II, 
or this title, that is associated with 
the grant; and 
‘‘(II) provides a single decision to 
award the grant and the loan.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) 
and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(B)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘(i)’’; and 
(iii) by striking the semicolon and all 
that follows through ‘‘providers’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(6) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (5); 
(7) in subsection (j)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$350,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$5,250,000,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘2019 through 2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022 through 2030’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘until expended’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for 2 fiscal years after the fiscal year 
for which appropriated’’; and 
(8) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
(b) SUNSET.—The authorities provided by section 
779 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
Law 115–141) shall have no force or effect after June 
30, 2022. 
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(c) TRANSITION RULES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS.—Not more than 1 percent of the unob-
ligated balances of amounts made available as of 
June 1, 2022, to carry out the pilot program de-
scribed in section 779 of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) may be 
used for the costs of transitioning from the pilot 
program to the program under section 601 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended by 
this Act. 
(2) CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The unobligated bal-
ances of all amounts made available on or be-
fore June 30, 2023, to carry out the pilot pro-
gram described in section 779 of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141) that are in excess of the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph 
are hereby transferred to and merged with 
amounts made available to carry out the pro-
gram authorized under section 601 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936. 
(B) UNFUNDED APPROVALS.—The amount 
described in this subparagraph is the amount 
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and inserting ‘‘$300,000,000 for each fiscal year, to re-
main available for 2 fiscal years after the fiscal year for 
which appropriated’’. 
SEC. 7. BROADBAND CONNECTORS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
establish a system for the dissemination of information 
and technical assistance on the broadband programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, which shall be for the use of 
entities eligible to receive funds under title II or VI of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et 
seq.) or chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.). 
(b) LIMITATIONS
ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—To carry out subsection (a), there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture 
not more than $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2030, which are authorized to remain available 
through fiscal year 2030. 
SEC. 8. COMMUNITY BROADBAND MAPPING. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Community Broadband Mapping Act’’. 
(b) 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: 
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‘‘(l) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN-
TITIES
TO
COLLECT
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary may make a 
grant under this section to a unit of local govern-
ment, a tribal government or a unit of tribal govern-
ment, an economic development or other community 
organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells elec-
tric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone co-
operative, or an internet service provider that has 
not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose 
of enabling the collection of data relating to where 
broadband 
infrastructure 
is 
located, 
cost 
of 
broadband service, cost of such service by tier of 
service, actual speed available at household, speed 
advertised, 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 Census. 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant made under this subsection shall 
not exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR 
GRANTS.—The Secretary may use not more than 1 
percent of the amounts made available under this 
section for each fiscal year to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
(c) 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 amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN 
ENTITIES TO COLLECT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary may make a 
grant under this section to a unit of local govern-
ment, a tribal government or a unit of tribal govern-
ment, an economic development or other community 
organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells elec-
tric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone co-
operative, or an internet service provider that has 
not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose 
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of enabling the collection of data relating to where 
broadband 
infrastructure 
is 
located, 
cost 
of 
broadband service, cost of such service by tier of 
service, actual speed available at household, speed 
advertised, 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 Census. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant made under this subsection shall 
not exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR 
GRANTS.—The Secretary may use not more than 1 
percent of the amounts made available under this 
section for each fiscal year to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
(d) 
INNOVATIVE
BROADBAND
ADVANCEMENT 
GRANTS.—Section 603 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–2), as amended by section 2 of this 
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN-
TITIES
TO
COLLECT
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary may make a 
grant under this section to a unit of local govern-
ment, a tribal government or a unit of tribal govern-
ment, an economic development or other community 
organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells elec-
tric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone co-
operative, or an internet service provider that has 
not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose 
of enabling the collection of data relating to where 
broadband 
infrastructure 
is 
located, 
cost 
of 
broadband service, cost of such service by tier of 
service, actual speed available at household, speed 
advertised, 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 Census. 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant made under this subsection shall 
not exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR 
GRANTS.—The Secretary may use not more than 1 
percent of the amounts made available under this 
section for each fiscal year to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
(e) 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.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary may make a 
grant under this section to a unit of local govern-
ment, a tribal government or a unit of tribal govern-
ment, an economic development or other community 
organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells elec-
tric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone co-
operative, or an internet service provider that has 
not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose 
of enabling the collection of data relating to where 
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broadband 
infrastructure 
is 
located, 
cost 
of 
broadband service, cost of such service by tier of 
service, actual speed available at household, speed 
advertised, 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 Census. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant made under this subsection shall 
not exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR 
GRANTS.—The Secretary may use not more than 1 
percent of the amounts made available under this 
section for each fiscal year to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
(f) DISTANCE
LEARNING
AND
TELEMEDICINE 
GRANTS.—Section 2333 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(j) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO CERTAIN EN-
TITIES
TO
COLLECT
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary may make a 
grant under this section to a unit of local govern-
ment, a tribal government or a unit of tribal govern-
ment, an economic development or other community 
organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells elec-
tric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone co-
operative, or an internet service provider that has 
not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose 
of enabling the collection of data relating to where 
broadband 
infrastructure 
is 
located, 
cost 
of 
broadband service, cost of such service by tier of 
service, actual speed available at household, speed 
advertised, 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 Census. 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a grant made under this subsection shall 
not exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR 
GRANTS.—The Secretary may use not more than 1 
percent of the amounts made available under this 
section for each fiscal year to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
(g) RECONNECT GRANTS.—Section 779 of division A 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (132 Stat. 
399; Public Law 115–141) is amended by inserting ‘‘: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this section, the Secretary may use not more than 
1 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this 
section to make grants, each not exceeding $50,000, to 
a unit of local government, a tribal government or a unit 
of tribal government, an economic development or other 
community organization, an electric cooperative (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells 
electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone coop-
erative, or an internet service provider that has not more 
than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the 
collection of data relating to where broadband infrastruc-
ture is located, cost of broadband service, cost of such 
service by tier of service, actual speed available at house-
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hold, speed advertised, and which homes are provided with 
non-satellite broadband service, without regard to any 
household service percentage requirement, and in deter-
mining the eligibility of any such entity for such a grant, 
the term ‘rural area’ means an area that is not in an ur-
banized area or urban cluster with a population of 25,000 
or more as determined by the Bureau of the Census’’ be-
fore the period. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. LIMITATIONS ON RESERVATION OF FUNDS. 
Section 701(e) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950cc(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON RESERVATION OF FUNDS.— 
Not less than 3 but not more than 7 percent of the 
amounts appropriated to carry out title VI shall be set 
aside to be used— 
‘‘(1) for administrative costs to carry out pro-
grams under title VI; 
‘‘(2) for technical assistance and pre-develop-
ment planning activities to support the most rural 
communities; 
‘‘(3) to conduct oversight under title VI; 
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