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This bill proposes to terminate the Community Connect Grant program, which was a rural broadband funding initiative run by the Department of Agriculture. Specifically, the bill repeals Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 that established the program, and removes references to the program from other related legislative sections. The bill also redirects any unobligated funds from the Community Connect Grant program to the ReConnect Program, another broadband loan and grant pilot program, ensuring that existing resources are not lost. The legislation, titled the "Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025", aims to consolidate and streamline rural broadband funding efforts by eliminating the Community Connect Grant program while maintaining support for rural internet connectivity through alternative funding mechanisms. The bill makes technical amendments to conform other pieces of legislation to the elimination of the original grant program, effectively phasing out the Community Connect Grant program and transferring its remaining resources to a different broadband expansion initiative.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2610/all-info