S.Amdt. 3620

SA 3620. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 357, after line 14, add the following:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in
carrying out any discretionary grant or funding program using
funds provided under this heading, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall give priority to providing broadband
funding to areas in the United States that, as determined by
the Secretary, have challenging topography and face
additional barriers to broadband deployment due to higher
costs for infrastructure buildout.
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