7 U.S.C. § 950bb–2
Innovative Broadband Advancement Program
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 950bb–2, Innovative Broadband Advancement Program, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/429209
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The Secretary shall establish a program to be known as the “Innovative Broadband Advancement Program”, under which the Secretary may provide a grant, a loan, or both to an eligible entity for the purpose of demonstrating innovative broadband technologies or methods of broadband deployment that significantly decrease the cost of broadband deployment, and provide substantially faster broadband speeds than are available, in a rural area.
In this section, the term “rural area” has the meaning provided in section 950bb(b)(3) of this title.
To be eligible to obtain assistance under this section for a project, an entity shall—
submit to the Secretary an application—
In awarding assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals for projects that—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018