119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Oct 30, 2025
ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Oct 30, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…entory Act- Issues relating to Spectrum, including Federal Spectrum S. 2983, Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act - Issues relating to Cybersecurity S. 3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act - Issues relating to Rural Broadband S. 3184/H.R. 6067, Tribal Internet Expansion Act - Issues relating to the Universal Servic…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FIBER BROADBAND ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WILEY REIN LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1870, Streamlining Program Efficiency and Expanding Deployment (SPEED) for BEAD Act H.R. 1873/S. 674, Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act H.R. 3119/S. 3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act H.R. 6046/S. 3268, Broadband and Te…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$80,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cused on the following: S. 674 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act - all sections. S. 1651 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 3084 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 4448 - Accelerating Broadband Permits Act - all sections. S. 5003 - ACCESS Rural America Act - all…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND · lobbying firm or registrant: WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$130,000
Spent on own lobbying
Lobbying in support of reauthorizing the RUS ReConnect Program in the Farm Bill (H.R. 3119; and S. 3084); and H.R. 7567 -- Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Lobbied in support of permitting reforms to expedite the permitting process associated with ReC…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND · lobbying firm or registrant: WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$130,000
Spent on own lobbying
Lobbying in support of reauthorizing the RUS ReConnect Program in the Farm Bill (H.R. 3119; and S. 3084); and H.R. 7567 -- Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Lobbied in support of permitting reforms to expedite the permitting process associated with ReC…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FIBER BROADBAND ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WILEY REIN LLP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…nd Expanding Deployment (SPEED) for BEAD Act H.R. 1873/S. 674, Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act H.R. 2289, American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025 H.R. 3119/S. 3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act H.R. 6046/S. 3268, Broadband and Te…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
…entory Act- Issues relating to Spectrum, including Federal Spectrum S. 2983, Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act - Issues relating to Cybersecurity S. 3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act - Issues relating to Rural Broadband S. 3184/H.R. 6067, Tribal Internet Expansion Act - Issues relating to the Universal Servic…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$280,000
Spent on own lobbying
…rant Tax Treatment Act - all sections. S. 1651 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 2855 - CLOSE THE GAP Act - all sections. S. 3084 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 4448 - Accelerating Broadband Permits Act - all sections. H.R. 1873 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND · lobbying firm or registrant: WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$120,000
Spent on own lobbying
Lobbying in support of reauthorizing the RUS ReConnect Program in the Farm Bill (H.R. 3119; and S. 3084); and H.R. 7567 -- Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Lobbied in support of permitting reforms to expedite the permitting process associated with ReC…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 15, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…rant Tax Treatment Act - all sections. S. 1651 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 2855 - CLOSE THE GAP Act - all sections. S. 3084 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 3268 - Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act - all sections. S. 3858 - SIREN Act of 2026 - all…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 10, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$150,000
Spent on own lobbying
…entory Act- Issues relating to Spectrum, including Federal Spectrum S. 2983, Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act - Issues relating to Cybersecurity S. 3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act - Issues relating to Rural Broadband S. 3184/H.R. 6067, Tribal Internet Expansion Act - Issues relating to the Universal Servic…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$150,000
Spent on own lobbying
…entory Act- Issues relating to Spectrum, including Federal Spectrum S. 2983, Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act - Issues relating to Cybersecurity S. 3084, ReConnecting Rural America Act - Issues relating to Rural Broadband S. 3184/H.R. 6067, Tribal Internet Expansion Act - Issues relating to the Universal Servic…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND · lobbying firm or registrant: WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$95,000
Spent on own lobbying
Lobbying in support of reauthorizing the RUS ReConnect Program in the Farm Bill (H.R. 3119; and S. 3084) Lobbied in support of permitting reforms to expedite the permitting process associated with ReConnect, BEAD and other broadband deployments programs
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing