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Bridging the Broadband Gap Act of 2025
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize recipients of funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program to use such funds to provide broadband vouchers to households in certain locations, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Bridging the Broadband Gap Act amends the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow recipients of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funds to provide vouchers that help households cover broadband service costs. Recipients may provide vouchers to households in areas they determine lack adequate broadband service, with priority given to lower-income political subdivisions. Vouchers may cover 50 percent of equipment costs for satellite or fixed wireless broadband and up to $30 per month for service costs over a 12-month period. Only households in unserved or underserved locations are eligible to receive vouchers.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Taylor, David [R-OH-2] (R-OH)
Actions (2)
- Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2025
Mr. Taylor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize recipients of funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program to use such funds to provide broadband vouchers to households in certain locations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Bridging the Broadband Gap Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. USE OF BEAD PROGRAM FUNDS TO PROVIDE BROADBAND VOUCHERS.
Section 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(p) Broadband Vouchers.—
“(1) In general.—If an eligible entity makes the determination described in paragraph (2) with respect to a political subdivision of such eligible entity, such eligible entity may use grant funds received under this section to provide to households in such political subdivision vouchers that such households may use to cover eligible broadband service costs.
“(2) Determination.—The determination described in this paragraph is a determination by an eligible entity that a political subdivision of such eligible entity lacks access to broadband service that such eligible entity considers adequate.
“(3) Priority.—In providing vouchers under this subsection, an eligible entity shall give priority to households in political subdivisions the per capita income of which is below the median per capita income of the political subdivisions of such eligible entity, as determined by such eligible entity.
“(4) Limitations.—
“(A) Households in unserved locations or underserved locations.—An eligible entity may not provide a voucher under this subsection to a household unless, on the day before such eligible entity provides the first such voucher to such household, such household resides at a location that is an unserved location or an underserved location.
“(B) Duration.—In the case of eligible broadband service costs described in clauses (i)(II) and (ii) of paragraph (5)(B), an eligible entity may only provide vouchers under this subsection to a household to cover such costs charged to such household with respect to a single period of 12 consecutive months.
“(5) Definitions.—In this subsection:
“(A) Broadband customer premises equipment.—The term ‘broadband customer premises equipment’ means equipment employed on the premises of a household to provide satellite or fixed wireless broadband service.
“(B) Eligible broadband service costs.—The term ‘eligible broadband service costs’ means the following:
“(i) 50 percent of the amount charged by a provider of satellite or fixed wireless broadband service to a household for—
“(I) the purchase of broadband customer premises equipment; or
“(II) the monthly lease or rental of broadband customer premises equipment.
“(ii) The monthly amount (not to exceed $30 per month) charged by a provider of satellite or fixed wireless broadband service to a household for providing such service to such household.”. <all>
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