Rural America Digital Accessibility Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3428 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3428 To bridge the digital divide in rural areas. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 3, 2007 Mr. McHugh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Science and Technology, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To bridge the digital divide in rural areas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rural America Digital Accessibility Act''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO FACILITATE DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES TO UNDERSERVED RURAL AREAS. (a) In General.--In order to facilitate the deployment by the private sector of br…