Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Assisting Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021”.
Assisting Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to clarify certain matters relating to State funding, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 State funding under Rural Utilities Service programs
Eligibility of projects that receive State funding— Title VII of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950cc et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“704. Eligibility of projects that receive State funding
“In administering any broadband or telecommunications program, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, shall not determine that a project is ineligible for funding because the project has received funding from a State.”
State funds To satisfy matching requirements— For purposes of any matching funds requirement under any program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, an applicant for funding under that program may use funds received from a State program (including funds received by a State from the Federal Government) to satisfy the matching funds requirement.