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This Act may be cited as the . Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. Sec. 4. Severability. TITLE I—Digital Equity Sec. 1000. Definitions. Subtitle A—Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth Sec. 1101. Annual report of Office. Sec. 1102. Study and report on affordability of adoption of broadband service. Sec. 1103. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1104. Study and recommendations to connect socially disadvantaged individuals. Subtitle B—Digital Equity Programs Sec. 1201. State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program. Sec. 1202. Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program. Sec. 1203. Policy research, data collection, analysis and modeling, evaluation, and dissemination. Sec. 1204. General provisions. TITLE II—Broadband Affordability and Pricing Transparency Subtitle A—Broadband Affordability Sec. 2101. Authorization for additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund.
Sec. 2102. Grants to States to strengthen National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier. Sec. 2103. Federal coordination between National Eligibility Verifier and National Accuracy Clearinghouse. Sec. 2104. Federal coordination between Lifeline and SNAP verification. Sec. 2105. Definitions. Subtitle B—Additional Authorization for Emergency Connectivity Fund Sec. 2201. Additional authorization for Emergency Connectivity Fund. Subtitle C—Additional Authorization for Connecting Minority Communities Fund.
Sec. 2301. Additional authorization for Connecting Minority Communities Fund. Subtitle D—Pricing Transparency Sec. 2401. Definitions. Sec. 2402. Broadband transparency. Sec. 2403. Distribution of data. Sec. 2404. Coordination with certain other Federal agencies. Sec. 2405. Adoption of consumer broadband labels. Sec. 2406. GAO report. TITLE III—Broadband Access Subtitle A—Expansion of Broadband Access Sec. 3101. Expansion of broadband access in unserved areas and areas with low-tier or mid-tier service.
Sec. 3102. Tribal internet expansion. Subtitle B—Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Sec. 3201. Short title. Sec. 3202. Definitions. Sec. 3203. Determination of eligibility and project selection. Sec. 3204. Secured loans. Sec. 3205. Lines of credit. Sec. 3206. Alternative prudential lending standards for small projects. Sec. 3207. Program administration. Sec. 3208. State and local permits. Sec. 3209. Regulations. Sec. 3210. Funding. Sec. 3211. Reports to Congress.
Subtitle C—Wi-Fi on School Buses Sec. 3301. E-rate support for school bus Wi-Fi. Subtitle D—Healthcare broadband expansion. Sec. 3401. Definitions. Sec. 3402. Expansion of Rural Health Care Program. Subtitle E—Internet exchange and submarine cable grants. Sec. 3501. Definitions. Sec. 3502. Internet exchange facility grants. Sec. 3503. Submarine cable landing station grants. Sec. 3504. Report. Sec. 3505. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 3506. Return of certain grant amounts.
TITLE IV—Community Broadband Sec. 4001. State, local, public-private partnership, and co-op broadband services. TITLE V—Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Sec. 5001. Broadband infrastructure deployment.