1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Serving Rural America Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Broadband service The term broad­band service has the same meaning as Broadband internet access service in section 8.1(b) of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (47 C.F.R. 8.1(b)). (2) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (3) Eligible broadband project The term eligible broadband project means a project proposed by an eligible partnership to provide, to a proposed service area, that is identified as unserved pursuant to section 3, subsection (c)(4), a retail fixed terrestrial broadband service of a capability determined by the Commission and that meets at least the minimum acceptable level for such service as established by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 601(e) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. (4) Eligible partnership The term eligible partnership means a partnership— (A) that includes— (i) at least 1 political subdivision of a State or a federally recognized Indian Tribe (such as a city, county, wireless authority, or planning district commission); and (ii) at least 1 internet service provider who provides retail fixed terrestrial broadband service and is unaffiliated with the political subdivision of a State