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This bill, the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, aims to promote digital equity and expand access to affordable, high-speed broadband service across the United States. The key provisions include: - Establishing a State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program and a Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program to support digital inclusion activities and build capacity for broadband adoption, especially among underserved communities. - Authorizing additional funding for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund and the Connecting Minority Communities Fund to increase broadband affordability and access. - Requiring the FCC to collect data on broadband pricing and promote the adoption of consumer broadband labels to improve transparency. - Establishing a program to expand access to high-speed broadband in unserved and underserved areas, with a focus on supporting projects that offer gigabit-level speeds. - Creating a Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation program to provide federal financing assistance, such as secured loans and lines of credit, for broadband infrastructure projects. - Supporting the deployment of Wi-Fi on school buses and expanding the Rural Health Care Program to improve broadband connectivity for healthcare providers. The bill aims to address digital inequities and make high-speed, affordable broadband more accessible nationwide, particularly in rural, low-income, and other underserved communities.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/745/all-info