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Timestamp: 2013-12-11 08:26:35
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 950', '§ 950', '§ 950', '§ 601', '§ 6103', '§ 772', '§ 6110', '§ 4', '§ 6110']

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7 USC § 950bb - Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas
Priority In making or guaranteeing loans under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give the highest priority to applicants that offer to provide broadband service to the greatest proportion of households that, prior to the provision of the broadband service, had no incumbent service provider.
demonstrate the ability to furnish, improve, or extend a broadband service to a rural area;
not less than 25 percent of the households in the proposed service territory is offered broadband service by not more than 1 incumbent service provider; and
Exception to 25 percent requirement Subparagraph (A)(i) shall not apply to the proposed service territory of a project if a loan or loan guarantee has been made under this section to the applicant to provide broadband service in the proposed service territory.
Exception to 3 or more incumbent service provider requirement (i)
Except as provided in clause (ii), subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply to an incumbent service provider that is upgrading broadband service to the existing territory of the incumbent service provider.
Notice requirement The Secretary shall publish a notice of each application for a loan or loan guarantee under this section describing the application, including—
the estimated number of households without terrestrial-based broadband service in those areas.
In general The Secretary shall, from time to time as advances in technology warrant, review and recommend modifications of rate-of-data transmission criteria for purposes of the identification of broadband service technologies under subsection (b)(1).
Term In determining the term of a loan or loan guarantee, the Secretary shall consider whether the recipient is or would be serving an area that is not receiving broadband services.
the number of loans applied for and provided under this section;
the method by which the Secretary determines that a service enables a subscriber to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video for purposes of subsection (b)(1); and
each broadband service, including the type and speed of broadband service, for which assistance was sought, and each broadband service for which assistance was provided, under this section.
Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, to remain available until expended.
Termination of authority No loan or loan guarantee may be made under this section after September 30, 2012.
(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title VI, § 601, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6103(a),May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 415; amended Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 772,Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 40; Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, § 6110(a),May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1199; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VI, § 6110(a),June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1960.)