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40 U.S.C. § 14509 — High-speed broadband deployment initiative
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**(a) In General.—** The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities to increase affordable access to broadband networks throughout the Appalachian region.
**(b) Eligible Projects and Activities.—** A project or activity eligible to be carried out under this section is a project or activity—
(1) to conduct research, analysis, and training to increase broadband adoption efforts in the Appalachian region; or
(2) for the construction and deployment of broadband service-related infrastructure in the Appalachian region.
**(c) Limitation on Available Amounts.—** Of the cost of any activity eligible for a grant under this section—
(1) not more than 50 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and
(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1)—
(A) in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 80 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and
(B) in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which an at-risk designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 70 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section.
**(d) Sources of Assistance.—** Subject to subsection (c), a grant provided under this section may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section in combination with amounts made available—
(1) under any other Federal program; or
(2) from any other source.
**(e) Federal Share.—** Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program
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**(a) In General.—** The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities to increase affordable access to broadband networks throughout the Appalachian region.
**(b) Eligible Projects and Activities.—** A project or activity eligible to be carried out under this section is a project or activity—
(1) to conduct research, analysis, and training to increase broadband adoption efforts in the Appalachian region; or
(2) for the construction and deployment of broadband service-related infrastructure in the Appalachian region.
**(c) Limitation on Available Amounts.—** Of the cost of any activity eligible for a grant under this section—
(1) not more than 50 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and
(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1)—
(A) in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 80 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and
(B) in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which an at-risk designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 70 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section.
**(d) Sources of Assistance.—** Subject to subsection (c), a grant provided under this section may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section in combination with amounts made available—
(1) under any other Federal program; or
(2) from any other source.
**(e) Federal Share.—** Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program, amounts made available to carry out this section may be used to increase that Federal share, as the Appalachian Regional Commission determines to be appropriate.
**(f) Request for Data.—** Before making a grant for a project or activity described in subsection (b)(2), the Appalachian Regional Commission shall request from the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Economic Development Administration, and the Department of Agriculture data on—
(1) the level and extent of broadband service that exists in the area proposed to be served by the broadband service-related infrastructure; and
(2) the level and extent of broadband service that will be deployed in the area proposed to be served by the broadband service-related infrastructure pursuant to another Federal program.
**(g) Requirement.—** For each fiscal year, not less than 65 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used for grants for projects and activities described in subsection (b)(2).
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws.
(2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost.
(3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided.
(4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon
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**(a) In General.—** In addition to amounts made available under section 14501, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Appalachian Regional Commission to carry out this subtitle—
(1) $87,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
(4) $108,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
(5) $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2021; and
(6) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
**(b) Economic and Energy Development Initiative.—** Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), the following amounts may be used to carry out section 14508—
(1) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $12,500,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
(4) $13,500,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
(5) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.
**(c) High-speed Broadband Deployment Initiative.—** Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $20,000,000 may be used to carry out section 14509 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
**(d) Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative.—** Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $5,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 14511 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
**(e) Availability.—** Amounts made available under subsection (a) remain available until expended.
**(f) Allocation of Funds.—** Funds approved by the Appalachian Regional Commission for a project in a State in the Appalachian region pursuant to a congressional directive shall be derived from the total amount allocated to the State by the Appalachian Regional Commission from amounts appropriated to carry out this subtitle.
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This subtitle, except sections 14102(a)(1) and (b) and 14501, ceases to be in effect on October 1, 2026.
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 14508
the Act is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 1281 et
seq.) of chapter 26 of Title 33. For complete classifica-
tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.
The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec.
(a)(1)(A)(vi), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682.
Title VI of the Act is classified generally to subchapter
IV (§ 291 et seq.) of chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec-
tion 201 of Title 42 and Tables.
The Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(A)(viii), is Pub. L.
93–383, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 633. Title I of the Act is
classified principally to chapter 69 (§ 5301 et seq.) of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 5301 of Title 42 and Tables.
The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in sub-
sec. (a)(1)(A)(ix), is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat.
1064. Part IV of title III of the Act is classified gen-
erally to part IV (§ 390 et seq.) of subchapter III of chap-
ter 5 of Title 47, Telecommunications. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of
Title 47 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (a)(1)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 113–287 substituted
‘‘chapter 2003 of title 54’’ for ‘‘the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.)’’.
2008—Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 110–371, § 2(g)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ for ‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 110–371, § 2(g)(2), added par. (3).
2006—Subsec. (a
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