H.R. 2035 Rural Utility Service Bill

Reps. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) have introduced the "Rural Utility Service Bill" (H.R. 2035) to promote increased access to high-speed broadband Internet service in rural America. The bill would improve the Rural Utility Service Broadband Loan Program that provides federal loans to areas of rural America that don't have service; that law, however, has a loophole that allows nonrural areas and areas that already have broadband services to apply for these loans, thus depleting the cash set aside for the real rural America.