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Middle Mile for Rural America Act

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the expansion of middle mile infrastructure into rural areas.

Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jan 14, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Referred to
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary

This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to extend the authorization period for expanding broadband infrastructure in rural areas. Specifically, it extends the timeframe for middle mile infrastructure funding from 2018-2023 to 2026-2031. Middle mile infrastructure refers to the telecommunications networks that connect rural communities to backbone internet networks.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 14, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5037 — Middle Mile for Rural America Act · Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 95%
  • S 2610 — Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 5598 — Revitalizing Rural Communities Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 3084 — ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 8147 — Prioritizing Rural Broadband Affordability Act · Introduced Mar 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • S 4385 — Community Connect Grant Program Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 14, 2026

Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to reauthorize the expansion of middle mile infrastructure into rural areas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Middle Mile for Rural America Act”.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO RURAL AREAS.

Section 602(g) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb-1(g)) is amended by striking “2018 through 2023” and inserting “2026 through 2031”. <all>

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