# 116-hr-8808: EXTEND Act

116-hr-8808, EXTEND Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] (R-AL); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8808
- Congress: 116
- Title: EXTEND Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-11-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] (R-AL)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Enabling Extra Time to Extend Network Deployment Act or the EXTEND Act This bill authorizes the use of payments received under the Coronavirus Relief Fund for grants for the deployment of infrastructure for the provision of broadband internet access service. Such grants must be awarded by December 31, 2021. The bill sets forth limitations on the grants, including restrictions on using grants for infrastructure in areas that already have broadband service and a requirement that awards be made in a technologically neutral manner.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] (R-OH), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2020-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2020-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2020-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-8808 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8808)

## Related
- [116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-19)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8808 (as of 2025-11-18).