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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2474 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study |
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| 6 | 6 | | on the capability of the Appalachian Regional Commission to include |
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| 7 | 7 | | low-orbit satellites in broadband projects, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | AYLORintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Comptroller General of the United States |
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| 15 | 15 | | to conduct a study on the capability of the Appalachian |
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| 16 | 16 | | Regional Commission to include low-orbit satellites in |
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| 17 | 17 | | broadband projects, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Appa-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | lachia’s Broadband Access Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. GAO STUDY ON LOW-ORBIT SATELLITES. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2474 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the United States shall conduct, and submit to Con-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | gress the results thereof, a study on the capability of the 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Appalachian Regional Commission to incorporate low-orbit 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | satellites in broadband projects. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) R |
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| 35 | 35 | | EQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the study under 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) review the capacity of low-orbit satellite 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | services to be used for business purposes; 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) evaluate economic development growth in 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | areas that have used low-orbit satellites for busi-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | nesses; and 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) analyze the cost-effectiveness of imple-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | menting broadband satellites for economic develop-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ment. 14 |
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