# 119-s-3084: ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025

119-s-3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3084
- Congress: 119
- Title: ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would create a nationwide ReConnect program to fund rural broadband buildout.** It would set a 100 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up service floor, target the hardest‑to‑serve places, and authorize multi‑year grant and loan funding to reach them. - Rural families and households: Would require project areas to generally be places where at least 75 percent of households lack 100/20 Mbps service, and would prioritize territories where 90 percent lack that service. This raises the chance that very remote communities get high‑speed connections. - Tribes and high‑need places: Grant‑only awards would favor Tribal organizations, colonias, persistent poverty counties, and socially vulnerable communities. That makes it easier for low‑income and historically underserved areas to get non‑repayable help. - Providers and state/local partners: Would allow states, tribes, co‑ops, private companies, and others to compete for grants, loans, or combinations. It would cap any single recipient or state at 15 percent of annual funds and allow up to 25 percent cost share with waivers and technical assistance. *Would authorize $650 million per year in grants and $350 million per year in loans for FY2026–2030, increasing federal outlays over that period.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New ReConnect rural broadband program: benefit, medium. This bill would create a nationwide ReConnect broadband program to fund rural broadband construction. It would give grants, loans, or both to States, tribes, cooperatives, local governments, corporations, and LLCs. Individuals and general partnerships of individuals would be ineligible. Projects wo…
- Caps on provider and State awards: mixed, medium. This bill would limit how much one provider or one State can get from the program each year. Any provider that serves at least 20% of U.S. households could not receive more than 15% of annual program funds. A State and its agencies together could not receive more than 15% of annual program funds. T…
- End prior 2018 ReConnect authority: mixed, low. This bill would remove the legal effect of section 779 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018. That repeal would take effect 120 days after enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
- 119-s-2613: Warehouse Worker Protection Act
- 119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-s-882: Patients Before Middlemen Act
- 119-s-2287: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3084 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3084)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3265)
- [119-s-2613: Warehouse Worker Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2613)
- [119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2355)
- [119-s-882: Patients Before Middlemen Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-882)
- [119-s-2287: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2287)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3084 (as of 2026-04-21).