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HR 1873 · in committee · niche

Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

What this bill does

  • The bill excludes broadband deployment grants from federal taxable income for recipients.
  • Telecommunications companies and organizations receiving federal broadband grants are affected.
  • The tax exclusion applies retroactively to grants received after March 11, 2023.

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  1. 01

    How might excluding broadband grants from taxable income affect the cost-benefit analysis for telecommunications companies deciding whether to deploy service to rural areas?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between reducing tax revenue from grant recipients and incentivizing faster broadband infrastructure expansion across underserved communities?

  3. 03

    Should the retroactive application to grants received after March 2023 apply to organizations that already reported these grants as taxable income?

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Sponsor · R-PA-16

Mike Kelly

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Introduced 2025-03-05

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  2. 2025-03-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-03-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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