GRID Broadband Act of 2022
Summary
Grants to Rapidly Invest and Deploy Broadband Act of 2022 or the GRID Broadband Act of 2022 This bill establishes a program through which the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must award competitive, matching grants for constructing or otherwise expanding fiber optics communications infrastructure to support broadband expansion. Eligible grantees include electric grid operators, transmission owners or operators, and other electric utilities. In awarding the grants, the NTIA must prioritize recipients that, among other activities, monitor threats to and otherwise support the security of the electric grid.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 3, 2022
Last action Aug 3, 2022
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2
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1
Aug 3, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Aug 3, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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