HR 6070
Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill reauthorizes the Community Connect Grant Program, which provides funding to expand broadband internet access in rural areas. It updates the program’s requirements for minimum internet speeds, aiming to increase access to faster and more reliable service. The bill expands the definition of ‘eligible area’ to include future broadband deployments committed under other funding programs. The program’s authorization period is extended to 2030.
Key provisions
- Increases minimum downstream transmission capacity to 100 Mbps and upstream capacity to 20 Mbps.
- Raises minimum download speeds in eligible areas to 25 Mbps.
- Raises minimum upload speeds in eligible areas to 3 Mbps.
- Expands the definition of ‘eligible area’ to include future broadband deployments.
- Extends the authorization period of the Community Connect Grant Program to 2030.
- Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reflect these changes.
Who is affected
- Rural communities
- Residents of rural areas
- Broadband providers in rural areas
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Notable changes
- Increases minimum broadband speed requirements.
- Expands the definition of ‘eligible area’ to include future broadband commitments.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 6070
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2025
.
Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) is amended—
in subsection (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 100–Mbps downstream transmission capacity; and
a 20–Mbps upstream transmission capacity.
in paragraph (2)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking an area
and inserting a rural area
;
in subparagraph (A), by striking 10–Mbps
and inserting 25–Mbps
; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking 1–Mbps
and inserting 3–Mbps
;
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
in subsection (g), by striking 2023
and inserting 2030
.