S. 4385

Summary

S. 4385, the Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 27, 2026 by Sen. Tina Smith (D). It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Apr 27, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 4385 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 S4385 IS: Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026
 U.S. Senate
 2026-04-27
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 4385  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 27, 2026   Ms. Smith  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026  .
2.
Community Connect Grant Program
Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking  less than the  and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “less than—
(A)
a 100-Mbps downstream transmission capacity; and
(B)
a 20-Mbps upstream transmission capacity.
 ; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking  an area  and inserting  a rural area ;
(ii)
in subparagraph (A), by striking  10-Mbps  and inserting  25-Mbps ; and
(iii)
in subparagraph (B), by striking  1-Mbps  and inserting  3-Mbps ;
(2)
in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking  area; or  and inserting  area (including any eligible broadband service that will be provided in the future in the eligible service area pursuant to enforceable commitments for network deployment applicable under another broadband funding program); or ; and
(3)
in subsection (g), by striking  2023  and inserting  2031 .

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A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Tina Smith (D) sponsors S. 4385 alone.

Tina Smith

Sen. · D–MN · Sponsor

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Committees

S. 4385 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Referred To · Apr 27, 2026 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 4385 has taken 2 actions since Apr 27, 2026.

Votes

S. 4385 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 4385.

HR 6070Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2025Nov 17, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on E… · Related bill

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Titles

S. 4385 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026 — Display Title
• Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named S. 4385 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4385 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4385’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

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