State Broadband Initiatives: Selected State and Local Approaches as Potential Models for Federal Initiatives to Address the Digital Divide

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R46307

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Archived

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Apr 6, 2020

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Sep 2, 2026, 7:13 pm UTC

Authors: Colby Leigh Rachfal

Source topics: Telecommunications & Internet Policy

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• HR 1328To establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, and for other purposes.
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• HR 1586To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish a digital network technology program, and for other purposes.
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• HR 1693To require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support.
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• HR 2601To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Office of Rural Telecommunications, and for other purposes.
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• HR 2661To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide requirements on the use of assistance for broadband deployment, and for other purposes.
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• HR 2921To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to consumers to reimburse a portion of the cost of broadband infrastructure serving limited broadband districts.
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• HR 4127To establish a broadband infrastructure finance and innovation program to make available loans, loan guarantees, and lines of credit for the construction and deployment of broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes.
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• S 454A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Office of Rural Broadband, and for other purposes.
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• S 738A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support.
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• S 1046A bill to establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, and for other purposes.
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• S 1167A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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• S 1294A bill to require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment.
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• S 2018A bill to provide Federal matching funding for State-level broadband programs.
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• S 2344A bill to establish a broadband infrastructure finance and innovation program to make available loans, loan guarantees, and lines of credit for the construction and deployment of broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes.
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• S 2385A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging the provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects, and for other purposes.
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• S 3094A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service to make telecommunications grants for the collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, economic development or other community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small internet providers, and for other purposes.
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