Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section gives the Act its official name, the Expanding Appalachia's Broadband Access Act. It does not create any requirement on its own.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act .
2: GAO study on low-orbit satellites
This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit the results to Congress within 90 days after this section becomes law. The study would look at whether the Appalachian Regional Commission is capable of including low-orbit satellites in its broadband projects. In doing the study, the Comptroller General would have to review the capacity of low-orbit satellite services to be used for business purposes, evaluate economic development growth in areas that have used low-orbit satellites for businesses, and analyze the cost-effectiveness of using broadband satellites for economic development.
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2. GAO study on low-orbit satellites (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct, and submit to Congress the results thereof, a study on the capability of the Appalachian Regional Commission to incorporate low-orbit satellites in broadband projects. (b) Requirements In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall— (1) review the capacity of low-orbit satellite services to be used for business purposes; (2) evaluate economic development growth in areas that have used low-orbit satellites for businesses; and (3) analyze the cost-effectiveness of implementing broadband satellites for economic development.