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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1162 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accurate Map for 

5 Broadband Investment Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENSURING ACCURACY OF BROADBAND MAPS BE2 FORE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BASED ON 

3 MAPS. 

4 Section 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and 

5 Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (c)— 

7 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

8 (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

9 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(4) REALLOCATION AFTER UPDATE TO

12 MAPS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Two hundred and ten 

14 days after the date on which the Assistant Sec15 retary allocates amounts to an eligible entity 

16 under paragraph (1) or (3), the Assistant Sec17 retary shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) repeat the calculation required 

19 under subparagraph (B) of the applicable 

20 paragraph based on the most current 

21 versions of the broadband DATA maps; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(ii) adjust the allocation under the 

24 applicable paragraph as necessary based on 

25 the recalculation under clause (i). 


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1 ‘‘(B) USE OF REALLOCATION IN CALCU2 LATING FINAL DISBURSEMENT.— 

3 ‘‘(i) FINAL DISBURSEMENT TIMING.— 

4 The Assistant Secretary may not make 

5 grant funds available to an eligible entity 

6 under subsection (e)(4) until the Assistant 

7 Secretary has complied with subparagraph 

8 (A) of this paragraph. 

9 ‘‘(ii) USE OF REALLOCATION.—If the 

10 Assistant Secretary adjusts the allocation 

11 to an eligible entity under this subsection 

12 pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this para13 graph, the Assistant Secretary shall use 

14 the adjusted allocation to determine the 

15 amount of grant funds that remain to be 

16 made available to the eligible entity under 

17 subsection (e)(4).’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (e)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

21 (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec22 tively, and adjusting the margins accord23 ingly; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘On or after’’ and in25 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after’’; and 

2 (iii) by adding at the end the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(B) NOTICE OF RECALCULATED ALLOCA5 TION.—On or after the date on which the As6 sistant Secretary adjusts the allocation to an el7 igible entity under subsection (c)(4), the Assist8 ant Secretary shall issue a notice to the eligible 

9 entity that contains the adjusted amount avail10 able to the eligible entity under subsection (c).’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), in the mat14 ter preceding subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘approvals’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘approves’’; and 

17 (II) by inserting ‘‘(subject to 

18 paragraph (4) of that subsection)’’ 

19 after ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by 

21 inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph (4) of 

22 that subsection)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

23 and 


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1 (iii) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by 

2 inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph (4) of 

3 that subsection)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 

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