SUCCESS for BEAD Act

This bill changes the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. It would require states and other eligible entities to use all BEAD money left over after their final broadband plans are approved for competitive subgrants. These subgrants could fund projects such as wholesale fiber, internet exchange points, mobile wireless infrastructure, submarine cables, telecom and AI workforce training, Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, mapping, and permitting help. It sets a 25 percent matching requirement for most subgrants, bars use of the funds for data centers, creates a public challenge process for fiber projects, and blocks changes to an existing Buy America waiver for the program.

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Sponsors

• Andy Barr Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors