{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3193","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3193","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"E-BRIDGE Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-05-13","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-11-04","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h361","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"E-BRIDGE Act","result":"Passed","yea":410,"nay":16,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll361.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2021-11-15"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-11-04","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act or the E-BRIDGE Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award economic development grants for public-private partnerships and certain consortiums to carry out specified broadband projects."},{"k":"p","t":"Such projects shall be to provide, extend, expand, or improve high-speed broadband service through (1) planning, technical assistance, or training; (2) land acquisition or development; or (3) acquisition, construction, or improvement of facilities."},{"k":"p","t":"When reviewing grant applications, Commerce must take into account the geographic diversity of grant allocation, including consideration of underserved markets."},{"k":"p","t":"Title to real or personal property acquired or improved with grant funds, or another acceptable possessory interest, must be vested in a public partner or eligible nonprofit organization or association for the useful life of the project. In addition, Commerce may provide credit toward the nonfederal share of a broadband project's cost."}],"words":142},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to let the Secretary of Commerce make grants for projects that provide, extend, expand, or improve high-speed broadband service.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}]},"core_areas":["Grants for high-speed broadband projects under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965","Public-private partnerships and consortiums as grant recipients","Ownership of property acquired with broadband grant funds","Non-Federal share credit for broadband projects"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Secretary, on an eligible recipient's application, to make grants for broadband projects: planning, technical assistance or training; acquiring or developing land; or acquiring, building, or improving facilities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}},{"text":"Includes public-private partnerships, and consortiums formed to provide or improve high-speed broadband between eligible recipients and for-profit organizations, among eligible recipients.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, when reviewing applications, to consider geographic diversity of grants, including underserved markets, and to request data on existing and planned broadband service from the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Appalachian Regional Commission.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}},{"text":"Requires that, for partnership or consortium projects, title to property acquired or improved with grant funds be vested in a public partner or eligible nonprofit organization or association for the project's useful life, after which title may be transferred under the Secretary's regulations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}},{"text":"Provides that no person or entity is disqualified from competing to provide goods or services for a broadband project because it helped develop the project or draft its specifications or requirements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to give credit toward a broadband project's non-Federal share for the present value of allowable contributions over the project's useful life, and to require assurances of their value.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh#H043BC64DD0204C688C78172661F63704"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-11-04","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3193/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3193.png","v":"bd7075eacbc0","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3193, 117th Congress: E-BRIDGE Act. House: 410 Yea, 16 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 4 Nov 2021."}}