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DA 09-1211
May 29, 2009
Acting Chairman Copps Releases Report on Rural Broadband Strategy
GN Docket No. 09-29
The 2008 Farm Bill requires the Chairman of Federal Communications Commission, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, to submit “a comprehensive rural broadband 
strategy” to Congress.1 On May 22, 2009, the Acting Federal Communications Commission 
Chairman Michael J. Copps delivered to Congress a Report entitled “Bringing Broadband to 
Rural America:  Report on a Rural Broadband Strategy.”  On May 27, 2009, Acting Chairman 
Copps released the Report to the public and a copy of that Report is attached.  The Report shall 
be published in the FCC Record pursuant to section 0.416 of the Commission’s rules.2  
  
1 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-246, § 6112, 122 Stat. 923, 1966 (2008) 
(2008 Farm Bill).
2 47 C.F.R. § 0.416.