Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
To Review the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Broadband Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Review of Rural Broadband Programs Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadband communication systems
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service
Author: Congressional Research ServicePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781507544402
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Given the large potential impact broadband access may have on the economic development of rural America, concern has been raised over a “digital divide” between rural and urban or suburban areas with respect to broadband deployment. While there are many examples of rural communities with state of the art telecommunications facilities, recent surveys and studies have indicated that, in general, rural areas tend to lag behind urban and suburban areas in broadband deployment. Citing the lagging deployment of broadband in many rural areas, Congress and the Administration acted in 2001 and 2002 to initiate pilot broadband loan and grant programs within the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Subsequently, Section 6103 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171) amended the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize a loan and loan guarantee program to provide funds for the costs of the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in eligible rural communities. The RUS/USDA houses two assistance programs exclusively dedicated to financing broadband deployment: the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program and the Community Connect Grant Program. The 110th Congress considered reauthorization and modification of the loan and loan guarantee program as part of the 2008 farm bill. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 became law on June 18, 2008 (P.L. 110-246). Title VI (Rural Development) contains authorizing language for the broadband loan program. In the 113th Congress, the 2014 farm bill (P.L. 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014) was signed by the President on February 7, 2014. P.L. 113-79 amends Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) to reauthorize the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program through FY2018. P.L. 113-79 also includes provisions to redefine project area eligibility with respect to existing broadband service, increase the program's transparency and reporting requirements, define a minimum level of broadband service, require a study on the gathering and use of address-level data, and establish a new Rural Gigabit Network Pilot Program. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235) provided $4.5 million to the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program to subsidize a broadband loan level of $24.077 million, and $10.372 million to Community Connect broadband grants.
Review of Rural Broadband Programs Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program (Us Rural Utilities Service Regulation) (Rus) (2018 Edition)
Author: The Law LibraryPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781793096425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Law Library presents the complete text of the Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program (US Rural Utilities Service Regulation) (RUS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as the Agency, is amending its regulation for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program (Broadband Loan Program). Since the Broadband Loan Program's inception in 2002, the Agency has faced and continues to face significant challenges in delivering the program due to the following factors: The competitive nature of the broadband market in certain geographic areas; the significant number of companies proposing to offer broadband service that are start-up organizations with limited resources; continually evolving technology; and economic factors such as the higher cost of serving rural communities. In addition, the Office of Inspector General, in a 2005 report, made recommendations to improve program efficiency. For these reasons and in an effort to improve program operation, the Agency published proposed changes to the program's regulation in the Federal Register on May 11, 2007. While the Agency was reviewing public comments and revising the rule, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) was enacted and changed the statute under which the program operates. In accordance with the statute and taking into account the public comments received regarding the proposed rule to the extent possible, this interim rule presents the regulations that will govern the program until a final rule is published. The Agency is seeking comments regarding this interim rule to guide its efforts in drafting the final rule for the Broadband Loan Program. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program (US Rural Utilities Service Regulation) (RUS) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure
Hearing to Review Rural Broadband Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Rural broadband loan program
Author: United States. Rural Utilities ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadband communication systems
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Hearing to Review Rural Development Programs Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Status of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds for These Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic stabilization
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in the United States
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264264124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The US food and agriculture sector is innovative, competitive and export-oriented. Maintaining high productivity growth in light of changes in national and global demand, while improving the sustainable use of resources, will nonetheless require further innovation.