[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2610 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2610

 To terminate the Community Connect Grant program of the Department of 
                  Agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2025

   Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To terminate the Community Connect Grant program of the Department of 
                  Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb-3) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Office of internet connectivity and growth.--Section 
        903(g)(4)(B) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations 
        Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1307(g)(4)(B)), is amended by striking 
        ``the Community Connect Grant Program established under section 
        604 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb-3),''.
            (2) Grants for broadband connectivity.--Section 
        905(d)(3)(D)(ii)(I) of division N of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1705(d)(3)(D)(ii)(I)), is 
        amended--
                    (A) in item (aa), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting ``; or'';
                    (B) by striking item (bb); and
                    (C) by striking ``including--'' in the matter 
                preceding item (aa) and all that follows through ``any 
                program'' in item (aa) and inserting ``including any 
                program''.

SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be 
available to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the broadband 
loan and grant pilot program known as the ``ReConnect Program'' 
authorized under section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 399), without 
further appropriation, the unobligated balances of amounts available on 
the date of enactment of this Act to carry out the Community Connect 
Grant program under section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb-3) (as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act).
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