{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1752","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1752","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":"Display Title","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","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":"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 Passed House","title":"E-BRIDGE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-03-11","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h79","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"E-BRIDGE Act","result":"Passed","yea":375,"nay":20,"present":0,"not_voting":37,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll079.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":"2024-03-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-09-28","stage":"Reported to House, Part I","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 make grants for broadband projects that provide, extend, expand, or improve high-speed broadband service, including grants to public-private partnerships and consortiums.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"}]},"core_areas":["Broadband project grants under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965","Grant application review and broadband data requests","Ownership of property acquired with broadband grant funds","Non-federal share credit for broadband projects"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Secretary, on application of an eligible recipient, to make grants for broadband projects: planning, technical assistance or training, land acquisition or development, and acquisition, construction, or improvement of facilities for high-speed broadband service.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"}},{"text":"States that eligible recipients include public-private partnerships and consortiums formed to provide, extend, expand, or improve high-speed broadband service between eligible recipients and for-profit organizations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"}},{"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/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"}},{"text":"Requires that title to property acquired or improved with grant funds in a partnership or consortium project be vested in a public partner or eligible nonprofit for the project's useful life, after which title may be transferred to a member under the Secretary's regulations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to credit the present value of allowable contributions over a broadband project's useful life toward the non-Federal share of its cost, and to require assurances of the value and commitment of the rights.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"}},{"text":"Provides that the amendments apply only to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#H50B796B9788A43EE8B797DEB9ED61704"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh#HFBF5172452B540ADA23AEF3461D47761"},"heading":"High-speed broadband deployment initiative","effect":"Adds a procurement rule for broadband projects: notwithstanding any other law, a person or entity cannot be disqualified from competing for related goods or services because it helped develop the project or draft its specifications.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person or entity shall be disqualified from competing to provide goods or services related to a broadband project"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-03-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1752/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1752.png","v":"756059c1b087","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1752, 118th Congress: E-BRIDGE Act. House: 375 Yea, 20 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 11 Mar 2024."}}