Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6070 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6070 To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2025 Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANT PROGRAM. Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb-3) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``less than the'' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: ``less than-- ``(A) a 100-Mbps downstream transmission capacity; and ``(B) a 20-Mbps upstream transmission capacity.''; and (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``an area'' and inserting ``a rural area''; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``10- Mbps'' and inserting ``25-Mbps''; and (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``1- Mbps'' and inserting ``3-Mbps''; (2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``area; or'' and inserting ``area (including any eligible broadband service that will be provided in the future in the elig