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To codify certain changes proposed by the Department of Agriculture to the rules governing eligibility for the rural broadband access program, and for other purposes.

6/5/2007--Introduced.

Rural Broadband Deployment Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 with respect to rural broadband access loan or loan guarantee eligibility to: (1) not require a market survey for an applicant who is projecting less than 15% penetration of households in a service area; and (2) replace the credit support requirement, including the cash on hand requirement, with a minimum 20% of loan equity position (10% in specified situations of a single provider or limited broadband service participation area).

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  • 06/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
  • 06/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
  • 06/26/2007 - Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
  • 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 06/05/2007 - Referred to House Agriculture

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.2569 Introduced in House08/31/2007