Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farms.

Internet.

Loans.

Rural development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (35 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RL-33816g in the 2012 issue.

Provides background information on broadband Internet loan and grant programs administered by the Rural Utilities Service. Outlines program structure and criticisms of how programs have been implemented; discusses broadband loan reauthorization in the 2008 farm bill and possible reauthorization in FY2012 farm bill; summarizes FY2011-FY2013 appropriations; and highlights relevant provisions of P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service

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