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H.R. 6474: Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act

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H.R. 6474: Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-10 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act

Plain summary

Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act This bill temporarily expands the Rural Health Care Program of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). It also establishes and provides funding for the Emergency Rural Health Care Connectivity Fund through FY2022 to carry out the Rural Health Care Program. Currently, the FCC subsidizes 65% of the cost of broadband for eligible public and nonprofit rural health care facilities through the Rural Health Care Program. This bill expands the program to encompass health care providers not located in rural areas, including mobile and temporary facilities, and it increases the subsidy rate to 85%. The bill also requires the FCC to (1) promulgate regulations to expedite the receipt of funds under the program, and (2) release funding for all requests within a designated time frame.

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Official text

Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] · 28 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jim Costa (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ami Bera (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6474 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116