S.Amdt. 1167

SA 1167. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Welch) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 147, strike lines 9 through 19 and insert ``of
1974: Provided further, That at least 75 percent of the
households to be served by a project receiving a loan or
grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area
without sufficient access to broadband: Provided further,
That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area without
sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as 100
megabits per second downstream and 20 megabits per second
upstream: Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot
program, preference shall be given to projects with respect
to which at least 90 percent of the households to be served
by the project are in a rural area without sufficient access
to broadband: Provided further, That to the extent possible,
projects receiving funds provided under the pilot program
must build out service to at least 100 megabits per second
downstream and 100''.
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