HR8146-119

In Committee

Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 27, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Environment, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H35C47958D9A64EAA8F4AAF6FA3F39394: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act.
  • Section H9953A708A3B64C109A4E5656D625FD1B: 2. Establishment of web-based platform to enable recipients of Federal financial assistance administered by the Rural Utilities Service to track the status of...
  • Section H7E88B9B62FE84D6691C2CD3F6F253464: 3. Rural Utilities Service preplanning education and planning grants The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities...
  • Section H368B8B3611B44B5598E59025D458B8AF: 4. Notice of funding opportunity timelines Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through Rural...
  • Section HA25250081F2746C39FE8E06957D992E6: 5. Online grant applications Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall require all...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Environment, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, Rural Utilities Service Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Environment Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 27, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Mar 27, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 27, 2026

Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself and Mr. Bresnahan) introduced the …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Environment Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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