HR 7060 United States House · 117th Congress

Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022

Summary
Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022 This bill modifies administration of and requirements for broadband deployment programs. Specifically, it requires the Department of the Treasury to participate in interagency activities to coordinate federally supported broadband deployment. The bill also increases the percentage (from 50% to 80%) of rural households that a project must serve in order to receive a grant or a loan to expand access to broadband for distance learning and telemedicine in rural areas.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
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Introduced Mar 11, 2022 Last action Mar 22, 2022
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Mar 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
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Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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Mar 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 11, 2022
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1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

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