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[H.R. 3609 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3609
To ensure that broadband maps are accurate before funds are allocated
under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program based on
those maps.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 23, 2023
Mr. Meuser (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To ensure that broadband maps are accurate before funds are allocated
under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program based on
those maps.
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 ``Accurate Map for Broadband
Investment Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. ENSURING ACCURACY OF BROADBAND MAPS BEFORE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
BASED ON MAPS.
Section 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47
U.S.C. 1702) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) Reallocation after update to maps.--
``(A) In general.--Two hundred and ten days after
the date on which the Assistant Secretary allocates
amounts to an eligible entity under paragraph (1) or
(3), the Assistant Secretary shall--
``(i) repeat the calculation required under
subparagraph (B) of the applicable paragraph
based on the most current versions of the
broadband DATA maps; and
``(ii) adjust the allocation under the
applicable paragraph as necessary based on the
recalculation under clause (i).
``(B) Use of reallocation in calculating final
disbursement.--
``(i) Final disbursement timing.--The
Assistant Secretary may not make grant funds
available to an eligible entity under
subsection (e)(4) until the Assistant Secretary
has complied with subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph.
``(ii) Use of reallocation.--If the
Assistant Secretary adjusts the allocation to
an eligible entity under this subsection
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
the Assistant Secretary shall use the adjusted
allocation to determine the amount of grant
funds that remain to be made available to the
eligible entity under subsection (e)(4).''; and
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and
adjusting the margins accordingly;
(ii) by striking ``On or after'' and
inserting the following:
``(A) In general.--On or after''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Notice of recalculated allocation.--On or
after the date on which the Assistant Secretary adjusts
the allocation to an eligible entity under subsection
(c)(4), the Assistant Secretary shall issue a notice to
the eligible entity that contains the adjusted amount
available to the eligible entity under subsection
(c).''; and
(B) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i), in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)--
(I) by striking ``approvals'' and
inserting ``approves''; and
(II) by inserting ``(subject to
paragraph (4) of that subsection)''
after ``subsection (c)'';
(ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by
inserting ``(subject to paragraph (4) of that
subsection)'' after ``subsection (c)''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by
inserting ``(subject to paragraph (4) of that
subsection)'' after ``subsection (c)''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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