Daines, Leahy File Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for Broadband Act
Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., filed the Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for Broadband (Rural Broadband) Act (S-2970) to prioritize federal broadband funding for unserved areas over underserved ones. “We must work to close the rural-digital…
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divide so our rural communities can be part of the 21st Century economy,” Daines said. “Our bill ensures that these critical funds be used for the communities who need them most.” NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield praised S-2970 as a “thoughtful bill to ensure that necessary federal resources are coordinated for maximum impact in high cost rural areas in need of broadband.” ITTA urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to attach S-2970's text to its version of the 2018 farm bill, saying it would “protect against overbuilding of networks already supported by the Universal Service Fund.”