S.Amdt. 2152

SA 2152. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of division F, add the following:

TITLE VI--STATE FUNDING UNDER RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE PROGRAMS

SEC. 60601. STATE FUNDING UNDER RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
PROGRAMS.

(a) Eligibility of Projects That Receive State Funding.--
Title VII of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
950cc et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 704. ELIGIBILITY OF PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE STATE
FUNDING.

``In administering any broadband or telecommunications
program, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of
the Rural Utilities Service, shall not determine that a
project is ineligible for funding because the project has
received funding from a State.''.
(b) State Funds to Satisfy Matching Requirements.--For
purposes of any matching funds requirement under any program
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, an
applicant for funding under that program may use funds
received from a State program (including funds received by a
State from the Federal Government) to satisfy the matching
funds requirement.
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