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Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-2610| Senate 
| Updated: 7/31/2025
Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Republican Senator

Iowa

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill, titled the "Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025," seeks to consolidate and enhance federal support for rural broadband infrastructure. Its central action is to terminate the Community Connect Grant program of the Department of Agriculture by repealing its authorizing statute, Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. The legislation also mandates conforming amendments to other relevant laws to eliminate references to the abolished program. Crucially, it directs that all unobligated balances from the terminated Community Connect Grant program be transferred, without further appropriation, to the Department of Agriculture's ReConnect Program . This measure aims to reallocate existing funds to another established broadband loan and grant initiative.
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Jul 31, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jul 31, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • July 31, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 31, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-2610| Senate 
| Updated: 7/31/2025
This bill, titled the "Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025," seeks to consolidate and enhance federal support for rural broadband infrastructure. Its central action is to terminate the Community Connect Grant program of the Department of Agriculture by repealing its authorizing statute, Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. The legislation also mandates conforming amendments to other relevant laws to eliminate references to the abolished program. Crucially, it directs that all unobligated balances from the terminated Community Connect Grant program be transferred, without further appropriation, to the Department of Agriculture's ReConnect Program . This measure aims to reallocate existing funds to another established broadband loan and grant initiative.
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Timeline
Jul 31, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jul 31, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • July 31, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 31, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Republican Senator

Iowa

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted