ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Oct 30, 2025
What it does
The ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 would amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish the ReConnect program, providing grants, loans, and combinations of both to eligible entities for constructing, improving, or acquiring broadband infrastructure in rural areas. The bill defines rural areas as those outside cities or incorporated areas with populations over 20,000 and sets minimum broadband service standards of 100 Mbps downstream and upstream, with priority given to projects serving areas where at least 75% of households lack access to 100 Mbps downstream/20 Mbps upstream service. Eligible entities include state and local governments, tribes, cooperatives, corporations,…
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.