Us Code § 14509 - High-speed broadband deployment initiative
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§ 14509. High-speed broadband deployment initiative
(a)
(b)
(1) to conduct research, analysis, and training to increase broadband adoption efforts in the Appalachian region; or
(2) for the construction and deployment of broadband service-related infrastructure in the Appalachian region.
(c)
(1) not more than 50 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and
(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1)—
(A) in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 80 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and
(B) in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which an at-risk designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 70 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section.
(d)
(1) under any other Federal program; or
(2) from any other source.
(e)
(f)
(1) the level and extent of broadband service that exists in the area proposed to be served by the broadband service-related infrastructure; and
(2) the level and extent of broadband service that will be deployed in the area proposed to be served by the broadband service-related infrastructure pursuant to another Federal program.
(g)
(Added Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title I, §1436(a)(1), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1430; amended Pub. L. 117–58, div. A, title I, §11506(d), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 584.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–58, §11506(d)(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which related to the Appalachian Regional Commission providing technical assistance, making grants, entering into contracts, or otherwise providing amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities and specifying particular objectives in pars. (1) to (6).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–58, §11506(d)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–58, §11506(d)(2), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–58, §11506(d)(2), (4), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d) and substituted "subsection (c)" for "subsection (b)" in introductory provisions. Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117–58, §11506(d)(2), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e).
Subsec. (f), (g). Pub. L. 117–58, §11506(d)(5), added subsecs. (f) and (g).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2021 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–58 effective Oct. 1, 2021, see section 10003 of Pub. L. 117–58, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title I, §1436(d), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1432, provided that: "This section [enacting this section and amending sections 14703 and 14704 of this title] and the amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2015."
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