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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 3259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3259
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require
remaining funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment
Program to be used for deficit reduction.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 20, 2025
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require
remaining funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment
Program to be used for deficit reduction.
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 ``Recovering Excess Communications
Appropriations while Protecting Telecommunications Upgrades,
Reinvestment, and Expansion Act'' or the ``RECAPTURE Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF REMAINING BEAD FUNDS FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.
(a) In General.--Section 60102(e)(4) of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(e)(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by striking ``, shall
make available to the eligible entity the remainder of the
grant funds allocated to the eligible entity under subsection
(c);'' and inserting the following: ``, shall, with respect to
the remainder of the grant funds allocated to the eligible
entity under subsection (c)--
``(aa) make available to
the eligible entity the portion
of those remaining funds that
have been designated for a
specific purpose in the final
proposal; and
``(bb) deposit in the
general fund of the Treasury,
for the sole purpose of deficit
reduction, the portion of those
remaining funds that have not
been designated for a specific
purpose in the final
proposal;''; and
(2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by striking ``, shall
make available to the eligible entity the remainder of the
grant funds allocated to the eligible entity under subsection
(c);'' and inserting the following: ``, shall, with respect to
the remainder of the grant funds allocated to the eligible
entity under subsection (c)--
``(aa) make available to
the eligible entity the portion
of those remaining funds that
have been designated for a
specific purpose in the final
proposal; and
``(bb) deposit in the
general fund of the Treasury,
for the sole purpose of deficit
reduction, the portion of those
remaining funds that have not
been designated for a specific
purpose in the final
proposal;''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 60102 of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(5)(C)--
(A) by striking clause (ii);
(B) by striking ``Reallocation to other eligible
entities.--'' and all that follows through ``The
Assistant Secretary'' and inserting ``Reallocation to
other eligible entities due to application failures.--
The Assistant Secretary'';
(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting the
margins accordingly; and
(D) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking
``subclause (I) of this clause'' and inserting ``clause
(i) of this subparagraph''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(4)(A)(i), in the matter preceding
subclause (I), by striking ``approvals'' and inserting
``approves''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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