Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020

United States116th CongressS-4411Senate
Latest legislative activity: Aug 4, 2020

Summary

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Governors' Broadband Development Fund Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Broadband Development Grant Program, under which the Federal Communications Commission shall make grants of at least $75 million to states for broadband development. A state that receives such a grant must give priority to opportunity zones and unserved areas or locations and must expend at least 5% of the grant funds in a technologically neutral manner to support broadband adoption by populations that face barriers to digital equity.

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Timeline

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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