Special Authority To Enable Funding of Broadband and Smart Utility Facilities Across Select Rural Development Programs

The Rural Utilities Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Housing Service established the authority authorized by Section 6210 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to assist rural families and small businesses in gaining access to broadband service by permitting recipients of a loan, grant or loan guarantee from RD to use up to 10% of the amount provided to construct broadband infrastructure in areas not served by minimum acceptable level of broadband service