1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Rural Access to Broadband Act . 2. Required minimum speed of broadband Internet access service for Rural Utilities Service broadband Internet access service deployment assistance programs (a) Prohibition The Rural Utilities Service may not, under section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, the Community Connect Broadband Grant Program, the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program, or the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, provide assistance for the provision of broadband service (as defined in section 601(b)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936) with a download speed of less than 25 megabits per second or an upload speed of less than 3 megabits per second. (b) Conforming amendments Section 601(e)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb(e)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 4 and inserting 25 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking 1 and inserting 3 . 3. Clarification of broadband loan and loan guarantee authority Section 601(c)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)(1) ) is amended by striking make or guarantee loans and inserting shall make loans and shall guarantee loans . 4. Report Within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service (in this section referred to as the RUS ) shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a written report on the effectiveness of RUS loan and loan guarantee programs for the purpose of expanding broadband to rural areas (as defined in RUS regulations), which shall— (1) identify administrative and legislative options for incentivizing private investment by utilizing RUS loan guarantee programs for the purpose of expanding broadband to rural areas