S 2866 · 116th Congress · Taxation

Rural Broadband Financial Flexibility Act

Introduced 2019-11-14· Sponsored by Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2019-11-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Rural Broadband Financial Flexibility Act This bill allows the use of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance qualified broadband projects. A qualified broadband project is any project that is designed solely to provide broadband service to one or more rural areas in which more than 50% of residential households do not have access to adequate broadband service. The bill also allows direct payments to issuers of broadband infrastructure bonds for 35% of the interest payable under such bonds.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat