1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the New Deal Rural Broadband Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives. Sec. 3. Breaking Ground on Rural Broadband Program. Sec. 4. Tribal broadband assistance program. Sec. 5. Telecommunications loan and loan guarantee program. Sec. 6. Modifications to existing rural broadband programs. Sec. 7. Inventory of Federal and State assets. Sec. 8. Retention of rental fees associated with communications use authorizations on Federal lands. 2. Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives (a) Establishment Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 601 through 603 as sections 603 through 605, respectively; and (2) by inserting before section 603 (as so redesignated) the following new sections: 601. Definitions In this title: (1) Office The term Office means the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives established under section 602(a)(1). (2) Panel The term Panel means the Rural Broadband Advisory Panel established pursuant to section 602(d). (3) Under secretary The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives appointed under section 602(a)(2). 602. Office of rural broadband initiatives (a) Establishment (1) In general There is established in the Department of Agriculture the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives. (2) Under Secretary The head of the Office shall be the Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives, who shall— (A) be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate