Speech Brief
The White House announces President signs rural broadband and hydropower bills
Key points
- President signed S. 98, Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
- President signed S. 1020, authorizing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend hydropower construction deadlines by 6 years
TL;DR
- President signed S. 98 directing the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a rulemaking to establish a vetting process for applicants for high-cost universal service program funding for broadband deployment, and S. 1020 authorizing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the deadline to begin construction on covered hydropower projects by 6 years.
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On Monday, May 11, 2026, the President signed into law: S. 98, the “Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025,” which requires the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a vetting process for applicants for high-cost universal service program funding for the deployment of a broadband-capable network; and S. 1020, which authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ext...
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