Sec. 6. Amendments to Federal broadband program coordination requirements
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Section 6212 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb–6 ) is amended— by striking subsection (a); by redesignating subsections
(b)through
(d)as subsections
(d)through (f), respectively; and by inserting before subsection
(d)(as so redesignated) the following: The Secretary shall consult with the Commission to assist in the verification of eligibility of the broadband loan and grant programs of the Department of Agriculture. In providing assistance under the preceding sentence, the Commission shall make available the broadband assessment and mapping capabilities of the Commission. The Secretary shall semiannually submit to the Assistant Secretary and the Commission complete, reliable, and precise information (in a manner consistent with how information is submitted under section 802 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 642 )) which identifies the areas for which broadband service has been deployed under a loan or grant program of the Department of Agriculture. The Assistant Secretary shall semiannually submit to the Secretary complete, reliable, and precise information (in a manner consistent with how information is submitted under section 802 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 642 )) which identifies the areas for which broadband service has been deployed under any assistance provided by the Assistant Secretary, unless the Assistant Secretary has submitted the information to the Commission and the information is incorporated into the maps required to be created under section 802(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 642(c) ) and is shared with the Secretary under paragraph
(3)of this subsection. On request of the Secretary, the Commission shall provide to the Secretary the maps required to be created under section 802(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 642(c) ). The Secretary shall consult with the Assistant Secretary before providing broadband assistance for a project to serve an area with respect to which another entity is receiving assistance under any broadband assistance program administered by the Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary shall consult with the Secretary before offering or providing broadband assistance for a project to serve an area with respect to which another entity has received broadband assistance under a loan or grant program of the Department of Agriculture. .
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