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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2750
5	5	To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize recipients
6	6	of funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
7	7	to use such funds to provide broadband vouchers to households in certain
8	8	locations, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	APRIL8, 2025
11	11	Mr. T
12	12	AYLORintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
13	13	Committee on Energy and Commerce
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to
16	16	authorize recipients of funds under the Broadband Eq-
17	17	uity, Access, and Deployment Program to use such funds
18	18	to provide broadband vouchers to households in certain
19	19	locations, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bridging the 4
24	24	Broadband Gap Act of 2025’’. 5
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28	28	SEC. 2. USE OF BEAD PROGRAM FUNDS TO PROVIDE 1
29	29	BROADBAND VOUCHERS. 2
30	30	Section 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and 3
31	31	Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the 4
32	32	end the following: 5
33	33	‘‘(p) B
34	34	ROADBANDVOUCHERS.— 6
35	35	‘‘(1) I
36	36	N GENERAL.—If an eligible entity makes 7
37	37	the determination described in paragraph (2) with 8
38	38	respect to a political subdivision of such eligible enti-9
39	39	ty, such eligible entity may use grant funds received 10
40	40	under this section to provide to households in such 11
41	41	political subdivision vouchers that such households 12
42	42	may use to cover eligible broadband service costs. 13
43	43	‘‘(2) D
44	44	ETERMINATION.—The determination de-14
45	45	scribed in this paragraph is a determination by an 15
46	46	eligible entity that a political subdivision of such eli-16
47	47	gible entity lacks access to broadband service that 17
48	48	such eligible entity considers adequate. 18
49	49	‘‘(3) P
50	50	RIORITY.—In providing vouchers under 19
51	51	this subsection, an eligible entity shall give priority 20
52	52	to households in political subdivisions the per capita 21
53	53	income of which is below the median per capita in-22
54	54	come of the political subdivisions of such eligible en-23
55	55	tity, as determined by such eligible entity. 24
56	56	‘‘(4) L
57	57	IMITATIONS.— 25
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61	61	‘‘(A) HOUSEHOLDS IN UNSERVED LOCA -1
62	62	TIONS OR UNDERSERVED LOCATIONS .—An eli-2
63	63	gible entity may not provide a voucher under 3
64	64	this subsection to a household unless, on the 4
65	65	day before such eligible entity provides the first 5
66	66	such voucher to such household, such household 6
67	67	resides at a location that is an unserved loca-7
68	68	tion or an underserved location. 8
69	69	‘‘(B) D
70	70	URATION.—In the case of eligible 9
71	71	broadband service costs described in clauses 10
72	72	(i)(II) and (ii) of paragraph (5)(B), an eligible 11
73	73	entity may only provide vouchers under this 12
74	74	subsection to a household to cover such costs 13
75	75	charged to such household with respect to a sin-14
76	76	gle period of 12 consecutive months. 15
77	77	‘‘(5) D
78	78	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 16
79	79	‘‘(A) B
80	80	ROADBAND CUSTOMER PREMISES 17
81	81	EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘broadband customer 18
82	82	premises equipment’ means equipment em-19
83	83	ployed on the premises of a household to pro-20
84	84	vide satellite or fixed wireless broadband serv-21
85	85	ice. 22
86	86	‘‘(B) E
87	87	LIGIBLE BROADBAND SERVICE 23
88	88	COSTS.—The term ‘eligible broadband service 24
89	89	costs’ means the following: 25
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93	93	‘‘(i) 50 percent of the amount charged 1
94	94	by a provider of satellite or fixed wireless 2
95	95	broadband service to a household for— 3
96	96	‘‘(I) the purchase of broadband 4
97	97	customer premises equipment; or 5
98	98	‘‘(II) the monthly lease or rental 6
99	99	of broadband customer premises 7
100	100	equipment. 8
101	101	‘‘(ii) The monthly amount (not to ex-9
102	102	ceed $30 per month) charged by a provider 10
103	103	of satellite or fixed wireless broadband 11
104	104	service to a household for providing such 12
105	105	service to such household.’’. 13
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