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Congressional Bills S. 98 and S. 1020 Signed into Law

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White House Document

News release

May 11, 2026

Official White House source preserved alongside a plain-English summary and topic tags.

Open official source

News release

Congressional Bills S. 98 and S. 1020 Signed into Law

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On Monday, May 11, 2026, the President signed into law:

S. 98, the “Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025,” which requires the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a vetting process for applicants for high-cost universal service program funding for the deployment of a broadband-capable network; and

S. 1020, which authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the deadline for beginning construction on covered hydropower projects for an additional 6 years.