Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2026

This bill would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to create a competitive grant program for states, territories, and Indian Tribes to tell people they may qualify for Lifeline, a federal program that helps low-income households pay for phone and internet service. States receiving grants would explain how to apply, partner with nonprofit and community groups to help people apply, and the FCC would have to award grants to at least 25 percent of applying states. The bill would also require the FCC to give grants to states that apply within 30 days so they can connect their benefits databases, such as SNAP records, to the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier to confirm eligibility. The FCC would report to Congress on the outreach program within 3 years, and funding would be authorized as needed.

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Sponsors

• Robin L. Kelly Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors