[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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