Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act

This bill would require a Government Accountability Office study on whether satellites can expand Appalachian broadband. The Comptroller General would review satellite broadband capacity for business use, evaluate economic growth in areas that used satellite broadband for businesses, and analyze the cost-effectiveness of implementing broadband via satellites for economic development. The study must be completed within one year and the Comptroller General must submit the results to Congress.