A rural broadband program had its funding restored by a House Appropriations subcommittee on June 4.
The ReConnect Loan and Grant Program, which provides funding for broadband infrastructure in rural areas, received a proposed $90 million for Fiscal Year 2026 in a recent bill released by the House Appropriations Committee.
Although President Donald Trump proposed eliminating ReConnect program funding in his FY26 budget proposal (p. 140), House lawmakers chose not only to continue the funding, but more than double the program’s FY25 budget of $44 million. The bill still needs to be approved by the full House.
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