Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act

This bill would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to build and run a secure website where recipients of its funding can track their projects through permitting and review, upload documents, and get automatic status notices. It would create grants covering up to 75 percent of the cost of early project planning, permitting, and preparation for entities that cannot otherwise finance that work, authorizing up to $15 million per year from 2026 through 2035. It would require rules within 6 months to make grant funding notice timelines more predictable, and require grant applications to be submitted online within 2 years, with other options for applicants who cannot apply online. It would also require a review of agency staff workload and processes, with a report to Congress.

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Sponsors

• April McClain Delaney Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors