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47 U.S.C. § 1307 — Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act” or the “ACCESS BROADBAND Act”.
**(b) Establishment** Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2020, the Assistant Secretary shall establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
**(c) Duties**
(1) **Outreach** — The Office shall—
(A) connect with communities that need access to high-speed internet and improved digital inclusion efforts through various forms of outreach and communication techniques;
(B) hold regional workshops across the country to share best practices and effective strategies for promoting broadband access and adoption;
(C) develop targeted broadband training and presentations for various demographic communities through various media;
(D) develop and distribute publications (including toolkits, primers, manuals, and white papers) providing guidance, strategies, and insights to communities as the communities develop strategies to expand broadband access and adoption; and
(E) as applicable in carrying out subparagraphs (A) through (D), coordinate with State agencies that provide similar broadband investments, outreach, and coordination through Federal programs.
(2) **Tracking of Federal dollars**
(A) *Broadband infrastructure* — The Office shall track the construction and use of and access to any broadband infrastructure built using any Federal support in a central database.
(B) *Accounting mechanism* — The Office shall develop a streamlined accounting mechanism by which any agency offering a Federal broadband support program and the Commission for any U
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act” or the “ACCESS BROADBAND Act”.
**(b) Establishment** Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2020, the Assistant Secretary shall establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
**(c) Duties**
(1) **Outreach** — The Office shall—
(A) connect with communities that need access to high-speed internet and improved digital inclusion efforts through various forms of outreach and communication techniques;
(B) hold regional workshops across the country to share best practices and effective strategies for promoting broadband access and adoption;
(C) develop targeted broadband training and presentations for various demographic communities through various media;
(D) develop and distribute publications (including toolkits, primers, manuals, and white papers) providing guidance, strategies, and insights to communities as the communities develop strategies to expand broadband access and adoption; and
(E) as applicable in carrying out subparagraphs (A) through (D), coordinate with State agencies that provide similar broadband investments, outreach, and coordination through Federal programs.
(2) **Tracking of Federal dollars**
(A) *Broadband infrastructure* — The Office shall track the construction and use of and access to any broadband infrastructure built using any Federal support in a central database.
(B) *Accounting mechanism* — The Office shall develop a streamlined accounting mechanism by which any agency offering a Federal broadband support program and the Commission for any Universal Service Fund Program shall provide the information described in subparagraph (A) in a standardized and efficient fashion.
(C) *Report* — Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2020, and every year thereafter, the Office shall make public on the website of the Office and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the following:
(i) A description of the work of the Office for the previous year and the number of residents of the United States that received broadband as result of Federal broadband support programs and the Universal Service Fund Programs.
(ii) A description of how many residents of the United States were provided broadband by which universal service mechanism or which Federal broadband support program.
(iii) An estimate of the economic impact of such broadband deployment efforts on local economies, including any effect on small businesses or jobs.
**(d) Relation to current broadband activities of NTIA** The Assistant Secretary shall assign to the Office all activities performed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as of December 27, 2020, that are similar to the activities required to be conducted by the Office under this section.
**(e) Streamlined applications for support**
(1) **Agency consultation** — The Office shall consult with any agency offering a Federal broadband support program to streamline and standardize the applications process for financial assistance or grants for such program.
(2) **Agency streamlining** — Any agency offering a Federal broadband support program shall amend the applications of the agency for broadband support, to the extent practicable and as necessary, to streamline and standardize applications for Federal broadband support programs across the Government.
(3) **Single application** — To the greatest extent practicable, the Office shall seek to create one application that may be submitted to apply for all, or substantially all, Federal broadband support programs.
(4) **Website required** — Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2020, the Office shall create a central website through which potential applicants can learn about and apply for support through any Federal broadband support program.
**(f) Coordination of support**
(1) **In general** — To ensure that Federal support for broadband deployment is being distributed in an efficient, technology-neutral, and financially sustainable manner, and that a program does not duplicate any other Federal broadband support program or any Universal Service Fund high-cost program—
(A) any agency that offers a Federal broadband support program shall coordinate with the Office consistent with the goals described in paragraph (2); and
(B) the Office, with respect to Federal broadband support programs, and the Commission, with respect to the Universal Service Fund high-cost programs, shall coordinate with each other consistent with the goals described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Goals** — The goals of any coordination conducted pursuant to this subsection are the following:
(A) Serving the largest number of unserved locations in the United States and ensuring all residents of the United States have access to high-speed broadband.
(B) Promoting the most job and economic growth for all residents of the United States.
(3) **Broadband availability maps** — The Office and the Commission shall consult the broadband availability maps produced by the Commission when coordinating under paragraph (1).
**(g) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agency** — The term “agency” has the meaning given that term in [section 551 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Assistant Secretary** — The term “Assistant Secretary” means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
(3) **Commission** — The term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.
(4) **Federal broadband support program** — The term “Federal broadband support program” does not include any Universal Service Fund Program and means any of the following programs (or any other similar Federal program) to the extent the program offers broadband internet service, support for broadband deployment, or programs for promoting broadband access and adoption for various demographic communities through various media for residential, commercial, community providers, or academic establishments:
(A) The Telecommunications and Technology Program of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(B) The Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program established under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 [[7 U.S.C. 901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the rural broadband access program established under title VI of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 950bb](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section950bb&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the initiative under section 306F of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 936f](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section936f&num=0&edition=prelim)), the Community Connect Grant Program established under section 604 of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 950bb–3](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section950bb–3&num=0&edition=prelim)), the broadband loan and grant pilot program authorized under section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 399) (commonly known as the “Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program” or the “ReConnect Program”), and the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program under chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ([7 U.S.C. 950aaa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section950aaa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(C) Community facility direct and guaranteed loans under [section 1926(a) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1926/a&num=0&edition=prelim), community facility grants under paragraph (19), (20), or (21) of [section 1926(a) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1926/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and the Rural Community Development Initiative authorized under the heading “Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account” under title III of division B of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2629).
(D) The Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs and the Planning and Local Technical Assistance Programs of the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce.
(E) The Community Development Block Grants and Section 108 Loan Guarantees Programs, the Funds for Public Housing Authorities: Capital Fund and Operating Fund, the Multifamily Housing Programs, the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program, the Indian Housing Block Grant Program, the Title VI Loan Guarantee Program, the Choice Neighborhoods Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the Housing Trust Fund, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(F) The American Job Centers of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor.
(G) The Library Services and Technology Grant Programs of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
(5) **Office** — The term “Office” means the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth established pursuant to subsection (b).
(6) **Universal Service Fund high-cost programs** — The term “Universal Service Fund high-cost programs” means—
(A) the program for Universal Service Support for High-Cost Areas set forth under subpart D of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto;
(B) the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund set forth under subpart J of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto;
(C) the Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism for Rate-of-Return Carriers set forth under subpart K of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto;
(D) the Mobility Fund and 5G Fund set forth under subpart L of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto; and
(E) the High Cost Loop Support for Rate-of-Return Carriers program set forth under subpart M of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto.
(7) **Universal Service Fund Program** — The term “Universal Service Fund Program” means any program authorized under [section 254 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section254&num=0&edition=prelim) to help deploy broadband.
(8) **Universal service mechanism** — The term “universal service mechanism” means any funding stream provided by a Universal Service Fund Program to support broadband access.
**(h) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section is intended to alter or amend any provision of [section 254 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section254&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Procedures to review universal service requirements**
(1) **Federal-State Joint Board on universal service** — Within one month after February 8, 1996, the Commission shall institute and refer to a Federal-State Joint Board under [section 410(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section410/c&num=0&edition=prelim) a proceeding to recommend changes to any of its regulations in order to implement sections 214(e) of this title and this section, including the definition of the services that are supported by Federal universal service support mechanisms and a specific timetable for completion of such recommendations. In addition to the members of the Joint Board required under [section 410(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section410/c&num=0&edition=prelim), one member of such Joint Board shall be a State-appointed utility consumer advocate nominated by a national organization of State utility consumer advocates. The Joint Board shall, after notice and opportunity for public comment, make its recommendations to the Commission 9 months after February 8, 1996.
(2) **Commission action** — The Commission shall initiate a single proceeding to implement the recommendations from the Joint Board required by paragraph (1) and shall complete such proceeding within 15 months after February 8, 1996. The rules established by such proceeding shall include a definition of the services that are supported by Federal universal service support mechanisms and a specific timetable for implementation. Thereafter, the Commission shall complete any proceeding to implement subsequent recommendations from any Joint Board on universal service within one year after receiving such recommendations
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “agency” means each authority of the Government of the United States, whether or not it is within or subject to review by another agency, but does not include—
(A) the Congress;
(B) the courts of the United States;
(C) the governments of the territories or possessions of the United States;
(D) the government of the District of Columbia;
or except as to the requirements of [section 552 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(E) agencies composed of representatives of the parties or of representatives of organizations of the parties to the disputes determined by them;
(F) courts martial and military commissions;
(G) military authority exercised in the field in time of war or in occupied territory; or
(H) functions conferred by sections 1738, 1739, 1743, and 1744 of title 12; subchapter II of chapter 471 of title 49; or sections 1884, 1891–1902, and former section 1641(b)(2), of title 50, appendix; 11 See References in Text note below.
(2) “person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization other than an agency;
(3) “party” includes a person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party, in an agency proceeding, and a person or agency admitted by an agency as a party for limited purposes;
(4) “rule” means the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or describing the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of an agency and includes the approval or prescription for the future of rates, wa
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The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and improve telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas through the use of telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies by students, teachers, medical professionals, and rural residents.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Eligible broadband service** — The term “eligible broadband service” means broadband service that has the capability to transmit data at a speed specified by the Secretary, which may not be less than the applicable minimum download and upload speeds established by the Federal Communications Commission in defining the term “advanced telecommunications capability” for purposes of [section 1302 of title 47](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1302&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Eligible service area** — The term “eligible service area” means an area in which broadband service capacity is less than—
(A) a 10-Mbps downstream transmission capacity; and
(B) a 1-Mbps upstream transmission capacity.
(3) **Eligible entity**
(A) *In general* — The term “eligible entity” means a legally organized entity that—
(i) is—
(I) an incorporated organization;
(II) an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization;
(III) a State;
(IV) a unit of local government; or
(V) any other legal entity, including a cooperative, a private corporation, or a limited liability company, that is organized on a for-profit or a not-for-profit basis; and
(ii) has the legal capacity and authority to enter into a contract, to comply with applicable Federal laws, and to own and operate broadband facilities, as proposed in the application submitted by the entity for a grant under the Program.
(B) *Exclusions* — The term “eligible entity” does not include—
(i) an individual; or
(ii) a partnership.
(4) **Rural area** — The term “rural area” has the meaning given the term in [section 950bb(b)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to provide grants, provide loans, and provide loan guarantees to provide funds for the costs of the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in rural areas.
**(b) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Broadband service** — The term “broadband service” means any technology identified by the Secretary as having the capacity to transmit data to enable a subscriber to the service to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video.
(2) **Incumbent service provider** — The term “incumbent service provider”, with respect to an application submitted under this section, means an entity that, as of the date of submission of the application, is providing broadband service to not less than 5 percent of the households in the service territory proposed in the application.
(3) **Rural area**
(A) *In general* — The term “rural area” means any area other than—
(i) an area described in clause (i) or (ii) of [section 1991(a)(13)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1991/a/13/A&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(ii) in the case of a grant or direct loan, a city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants.
(B) *Urban area growth* — The Secretary may, by regulation only, consider an area described in [section 1991(a)(13)(F)(i)(I) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1991/a/13/F/i/I&num=0&edition=prelim) to not be a rural area for purposes of this section.
(C) *Exclusion of certain populations* — Such term does not include any population described in subparagraph (H) or (I) of [section 1991(a)(13) of this title](h
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**(a) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton.
**(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Eligible program** — The term “eligible program” means a program administered by the Rural Utilities Service and authorized in—
(A) this chapter; or
(B) paragraph (1), (2), (14), (22), or (24) of [section 1926(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1926/a&num=0&edition=prelim) or section 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, or 1926e of this title.
(2) **Substantially underserved trust area** — The term “substantially underserved trust area” means a community in “trust land” (as defined in [section 3765 of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3765&num=0&edition=prelim)) with respect to which the Secretary determines has a high need for the benefits of an eligible program.
**(b) Initiative** The Secretary, in consultation with local governments and Federal agencies, may implement an initiative to identify and improve the availability of eligible programs in communities in substantially underserved trust areas.
**(c) Authority of Secretary** In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary—
(1) may make available from loan or loan guarantee programs administered by the Rural Utilities Service to qualified utilities or applicants financing with an interest rate as low as 2 percent, and with extended repayment terms;
(2) may waive nonduplication restrictions, matching fund requirements, or credit support requirements from any loan or grant program administered by the Rural Utilities Service to facilitate the construction, acquisition, or improvement of infrastructure;
(3) may give the highest funding priority to designated projects in substantially underserved trust areas; and
(4) shall only make loans or loan guarantees that are found
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This chapter may be cited as the “Rural Electrification Act of 1936”.
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**(a) Definitions**
(1) **Areas, locations, and institutions lacking broadband access** — In this section:
(A) *Unserved location* — The term “unserved location” means a broadband-serviceable location, as determined in accordance with the broadband DATA maps, that—
(i) has no access to broadband service; or
(ii) lacks access to reliable broadband service offered with—
(I) a speed of not less than—
(aa) 25 megabits per second for downloads; and
(bb) 3 megabits per second for uploads; and
(II) a latency sufficient to support real-time, interactive applications.
(B) *Unserved service project* — The term “unserved service project” means a project in which not less than 80 percent of broadband-serviceable locations served by the project are unserved locations.
(C) *Underserved location* — The term “underserved location” means a location—
(i) that is not an unserved location; and
(ii) as determined in accordance with the broadband DATA maps, lacks access to reliable broadband service offered with—
(I) a speed of not less than—
(aa) 100 megabits per second for downloads; and
(bb) 20 megabits per second for uploads; and
(II) a latency sufficient to support real-time, interactive applications.
(D) *Underserved service project* — The term “underserved service project” means a project in which not less than 80 percent of broadband-serviceable locations served by the project are unserved locations or underserved locations.
(E) *Eligible community anchor institution* — The term “eligible community anchor institution” means a community anchor institution that lacks access to gigabit-level broadband service.
(2) **Other definitions** — In this section:
(A) *Assistant Secretary* — Th
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Broadband infrastructure** — The term “broadband infrastructure” means any cables, fiber optics, wiring, or other permanent (integral to the structure) infrastructure, including wireless infrastructure, that—
(A) is capable of providing access to internet connections in individual locations; and
(B) is an advanced telecommunications capability, as defined in [section 1302(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1302/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Commission** — The term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.
(3) **Deployment Locations Map** — The term “Deployment Locations Map” means the mapping tool required to be established under subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment of Deployment Locations Map** Not later than 18 months after November 15, 2021, the Commission shall, in consultation with all relevant Federal agencies, establish an online mapping tool to provide a locations overview of the overall geographic footprint of each broadband infrastructure deployment project funded by the Federal Government.
**(c) Requirements** The Deployment Locations Map shall be—
(1) the centralized, authoritative source of information on funding made available by the Federal Government for broadband infrastructure deployment in the United States; and
(2) made publicly available on the website of the Commission.
**(d) Functions** In establishing the Deployment Locations Map, the Commission shall ensure that the Deployment Locations Map—
(1) compiles data related to Federal funding for broadband infrastructure deployment provided by the Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of H
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