Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026”.
Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026
A BILL
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Community Connect Grant Program
Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3) is amended—
in subsection (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.”
in paragraph (2)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “an area” and inserting “a rural area”;
in subparagraph (A), by striking “10-Mbps” and inserting “25-Mbps”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “1-Mbps” and inserting “3-Mbps”;
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
in subsection (g), by striking “2023” and inserting “2031”.