The House Agriculture Committee proposed a three-year program to invest more than $7 billion to improve rural broadband access in America.

Rural Americans fall significantly behind their urban counterparts in terms of access to high-speed internet. According to the Center for Rural Innovation, more than 20 percent of Americans lack access to high-speed internet. The proposal would focus on the most rural and least-connected residents, which are often the most expensive to connect.

You can read a summary of the bill at Successful Farming here: https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/house-bill-proposes-more-than-7-billion-for-rural-broadband

You can read the proposed legislation in full at: https://republicans-agriculture.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6906