Federal Funds For Rural Broadband Deployment
Telecommunications - broadband deployment board - application for federal funds. The act requires the broadband deployment board, on or before January 1, 2019, to petition the federal communications commission (FCC) for a waiver from the FCC's rules prohibiting a state entity from applying for federal money earmarked for broadband deployment in remote areas of the nation through the remote areas fund created as part of the connect America fund established by the FCC.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)