SUCCESS for BEAD Act

This bill changes the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. States would be required to use any BEAD money left over after their final plans are approved to run competitive subgrant programs for projects such as wholesale fiber, internet exchange points, mobile wireless and submarine cable infrastructure, telecom and AI workforce training, Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, mapping, and permitting help. Subgrants could not pay for data centers, would generally require a 25 percent local match that states could reduce or waive, and fiber projects would go through a public challenge process for overbuilding. The bill also bars changes to an existing Buy America waiver for the program and allows states to return unspent funds to the Treasury.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Roger F. Wicker Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors