# 115-hr-4308: Rural Broadband Expansion Act

115-hr-4308, Rural Broadband Expansion Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4308
- Congress: 115
- Title: Rural Broadband Expansion Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Introduced: 2017-11-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Rural Broadband Expansion Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to allow grants awarded to finance broadband transmission in rural areas to be used for the purposes of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2017-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- 115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5661: Tribal Connect Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-4308 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4308)

## Related
- [115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6545)
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
- [115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6239)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6033)
- [115-hr-5661: Tribal Connect Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5661)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4308 (as of 2025-11-18).