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HR 3212 · in committee · significant

LAST ACRE Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • USDA will provide grants and loans to build broadband and wireless networks on active farmland.
  • Farmers, ranchers, and broadband providers in rural areas without adequate internet service are affected.
  • Funding uses a competitive bidding process; USDA will also survey farmers on broadband usage.

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  1. 01

    How would USDA prioritize which rural farms receive broadband grants when funding is limited and many areas lack service?

  2. 02

    What happens to farmers who cannot afford to maintain or upgrade these networks after initial USDA infrastructure grants end?

  3. 03

    Which evidence informed USDA's cost estimates for building broadband on farmland compared to traditional rural infrastructure projects?

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Sponsor · R-MN-1

Brad Finstad

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Introduced 2025-05-06

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-06 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-05-06 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-05-06 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-05-06 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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