# 115-hr-5213: Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act

115-hr-5213, Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5213
- Congress: 115
- Title: Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Introduced: 2018-03-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act This bill prohibits the Rural Utilities Service from providing assistance under specified federal programs for the provision of broadband service with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second.

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- 115-hr-6541: Local Control of School Lunch Act
- 115-hr-6471: To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify the use of subminimum wage with respect to certain contracts.

## Sources
- [115-hr-5213 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5213)

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- [115-hr-6932: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6932)
- [115-hr-6774: Iran Payments Accountability Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6774)
- [115-hr-6633: Turkey International Financial Institutions Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6633)
- [115-hr-6541: Local Control of School Lunch Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6541)
- [115-hr-6471: To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify the use of subminimum wage w…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6471)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5213 (as of 2025-11-18).