H.R. 6070

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6070

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 17, 2025

Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was 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

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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 2025''.

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 
``2030''.
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