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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 4385 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4385

   To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the 
        Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2026

   Ms. Smith introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the 
        Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Connect Grant Program Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
950bb-3) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``less than the'' 
                and all that follows through the period at the end and 
                inserting the following: ``less than--
                    ``(A) a 100-Mbps downstream transmission capacity; 
                and
                    ``(B) a 20-Mbps upstream transmission capacity.''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``an area'' and inserting ``a 
                        rural area'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``10-
                        Mbps'' and inserting ``25-Mbps''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``1-
                        Mbps'' and inserting ``3-Mbps'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``area; or'' and 
        inserting ``area (including any eligible broadband service that 
        will be provided in the future in the eligible service area 
        pursuant to enforceable commitments for network deployment 
        applicable under another broadband funding program); or''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
        ``2031''.
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Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026

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