1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act . 2. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking loans and and inserting grants, loans, and ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Loans and and inserting Grants, loans, and ; (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting make grants and after Secretary shall ; (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Priority (A) In general In making grants, loans, or loan guarantees under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (i) give the highest priority to applications for projects to provide broadband service to unserved rural communities that do not have any residential broadband service; (ii) give priority to applications for projects to provide the maximum level of broadband service to the greatest proportion of rural households in the proposed service area identified in the application; (iii) give priority to applications for projects to provide rapid and expanded deployment of fixed and mobile broadband on cropland and ranchland within a service territory for use in various applications of precision agriculture; (iv) provide equal consideration to all eligible entities, including those that have not previously received grants, loans, or loan guarantees under paragraph (1); and (v) with respect to 2 or more applications that are given the same priority under clause (i), give priority to an application that requests less grant funding than loan funding. (B) Other After giving priority to the applications described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall then give priority to applications— (i) for projects to provide broadband service to rural communities— (I) with a population of less than 10,000 permanent residents