U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10288: Rural Broadband Modernization Act
Status: In committee, September 3, 2026
To ensure that assistance is available under the ReConnect program without regard to the technology used to provide broadband service, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To ensure that assistance is available under the ReConnect program without regard to the technology used to provide broadband service, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 3, 2026:
A BILL To ensure that assistance is available under the ReConnect program without regard to the technology used to provide broadband service, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Broadband Modernization Act . SECTION 2. Availability of ReConnect program assistance without regard to technology used to provide broadband service (a) In general Section 779 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115-141 ) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting Provided further, That to be eligible for a loan or grant under the program, a project must provide broadband with a transmission capacity of at least 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream; Provided further, That an application for a loan or grant under the program shall not be denied or given lesser preference on the basis of the kind of technology to be used to provide broadband, or on the basis of whether broadband is to be provided through a terrestrial, non-terrestrial, or low-Earth orbit satellite system, and section 601(e)(3) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 shall apply to the program; Provided further, That, within 30 days after an award is made under the program, the Secretary shall make available to the public a report on the number of locations to be served …
Sponsors
- David Schweikert (R, HD-001) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications
Common questions
- What is HB10288?
- HB10288 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Rural Broadband Modernization Act.
- What does HB10288 do?
- In its own words: To ensure that assistance is available under the ReConnect program without regard to the technology used to provide broadband service, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10288?
- In committee as of September 3, 2026. Latest action: 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. (September 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10288?
- David Schweikert (R, HD-001).
- Where is the official record for HB10288?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10288
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