Number: RL33816
Title: Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service
Authors: Lennard G. Kruger, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The 110th Congress considered reauthorization and modification of the program as part of the farm bill. H.R. 2419/H.R. 6124, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 became law on June 18, 2008 (P.L. 110-246). Title VI (Rural Development) contains authorizing language for the broadband loan program. Additionally, H.R. 2035, H.R. 2174, H.R. 2569, H.R. 2953, S. 541, S. 1032, and S. 1439 were introduced to address some of the reauthorization issues related to the RUS broadband loan program.
Pages: 33
Date: November 17, 2008