Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act of 2023

I 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. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accurate Map for 4 Broadband Investment Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:35 Jun 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3609.IH H3609 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3609 IH SEC. 2. ENSURING ACCURACY OF BROADBAND MAPS BE- 1 FORE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BASED ON 2 MAPS. 3 Section 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and 4 Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (c)— 6 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 7 (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 8 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 9 following: 10 ‘‘(4) REALLOCATION AFTER UPDATE TO 11 MAPS.— 12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Two hundred and ten 13 days after the date on which the Assistant Sec- 14 retary allocates amounts to an eligible entity 15 under paragraph (1) or (3), the Assistant Sec- 16 retary shall— 17 ‘‘(i) repeat the calculation required 18 under subparagraph (B) of the applicable 19 paragraph based on the most current 20 versions of the broadband DATA maps; 21 and 22 ‘‘(ii) adjust the allocation under the 23 applicable paragraph as necessary based on 24 the recalculation under clause (i). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:35 Jun 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3609.IH H3609 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3609 IH ‘‘(B) USE OF REALLOCATION IN CALCU- 1 LATING FINAL DISBURSEMENT.— 2 ‘‘(i) FINAL DISBURSEMENT TIMING.— 3 The Assistant Secretary may not make 4 grant funds available to an eligible entity 5 under subsection (e)(4) until the Assistant 6 Secretary has complied with subparagraph 7 (A) of this paragraph. 8 ‘‘(ii) USE OF REALLOCATION.—If the 9 Assistant Secretary adjusts the allocation 10 to an eligible entity under this subsection 11 pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this para- 12 graph, the Assistant Secretary shall use 13 the adjusted allocation to determine the 14 amount of grant funds that remain to be 15 made available to the eligible entity under 16 subsection (e)(4).’’; and 17 (2) in subsection (e)— 18 (A) in paragraph (2)— 19 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 20 (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec- 21 tively, and adjusting the margins accord- 22 ingly; 23 (ii) by striking ‘‘On or after’’ and in- 24 serting the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:35 Jun 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3609.IH H3609 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 3609 IH ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after’’; and 1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 2 lowing: 3 ‘‘(B) NOTICE OF RECALCULATED ALLOCA- 4 TION.—On or after the date on which the As- 5 sistant Secretary adjusts the allocation to an el- 6 igible entity under subsection (c)(4), the Assist- 7 ant Secretary shall issue a notice to the eligible 8 entity that contains the adjusted amount avail- 9 able to the eligible entity under subsection (c).’’; 10 and 11 (B) in paragraph (4)— 12 (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), in the mat- 13 ter preceding subparagraph (A)— 14 (I) by striking ‘‘approvals’’ and 15 inserting ‘‘approves’’; and 16 (II) by inserting ‘‘(subject to 17 paragraph (4) of that subsection)’’ 18 after ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 19 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by 20 inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph (4) of 21 that subsection)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 22 and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:35 Jun 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3609.IH H3609 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 3609 IH (iii) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by 1 inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph (4) of 2 that subsection)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:35 Jun 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3609.IH H3609 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB