Current status is Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2610

1. Short title
2. Repeal of Community Connect Grant program
3. Availability of funds

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025".

2. Repeal of Community Connect Grant program

(a) In general - Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) is repealed.

(b) Conforming amendments -

(1) Office of internet connectivity and growth - Section 903(g)(4)(B) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1307(g)(4)(B)), is amended by striking "the Community Connect Grant Program established under section 604 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3),".

(2) Grants for broadband connectivity - Section 905(d)(3)(D)(ii)(I) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1705(d)(3)(D)(ii)(I)), is amended—

(A) - in item (aa), by striking "; and" and inserting "; or";

(B) - by striking item (bb); and

(C) - by striking "including—" in the matter preceding item (aa) and all that follows through "any program" in item (aa) and inserting "including any program".

3. Availability of funds

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the broadband loan and grant pilot program known as the "ReConnect Program" authorized under section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 399), without further appropriation, the unobligated balances of amounts available on the date of enactment of this Act to carry out the Community Connect Grant program under section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act).

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