House Subcommittee Approves FY 2016 Agriculture Funding Measure With Broadband Loan Provisions
The House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee approved its draft agriculture appropriations bill for FY 2016 Thursday by voice vote. The draft bill, released last week, includes provisions on broadband funding. It would allocate $20.65 billion in discretionary funding, 1 percent lower…
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than the funding in FY 2015 and $1.1 billion below the administration request for FY 2016, the appropriators said in a news release. It would give $24.1 million for broadband loans, in some instances focused on distance learning and telemedicine, said the draft’s text. In the measure produced a year ago, House appropriators had slated $34.9 million for the same section.