[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3984]
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  SA 2439. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title __, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. _____. FLEXIBILITY FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES UNDER THE 
                   BROADBAND EQUITY, ACCESS, AND DEPLOYMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       Section 60102 of division F of Public Law 117-58 (47 U.S.C. 
     1702) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(p) Flexibility for Eligible Entities.--Notwithstanding 
     the policy notice entitled `Broadband Equity, Access, and 
     Deployment (BEAD) Program: BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice' 
     issued by the Assistant Secretary on June 6, 2025 (in this 
     subsection referred to as the `June 6 policy notice')--
       ``(1) an eligible entity may choose whether to expend grant 
     funds received under this section in accordance with either--
       ``(A) the notice of funding opportunity issued by the 
     Assistant Secretary on May 12, 2022 under subsection 
     (e)(1)(A)(i), without regard to the June 6 policy notice; or
       ``(B) the notice of funding opportunity described in 
     subparagraph (A) as modified by the June 6 policy notice; and
       ``(2) an eligible entity that makes the choice described in 
     paragraph (1) (A) shall not be required to comply with the 
     June 6 policy notice in order to gain approval of the 
     eligible entity's final proposal from the Assistant 
     Secretary.''.
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