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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2750 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize recipients 
of funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program 
to use such funds to provide broadband vouchers to households in certain 
locations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2025 
Mr. TAYLOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to 
authorize recipients of funds under the Broadband Eq-
uity, Access, and Deployment Program to use such funds 
to provide broadband vouchers to households in certain 
locations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bridging the 
Broadband Gap Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF BEAD PROGRAM FUNDS TO PROVIDE 
BROADBAND VOUCHERS. 
Section 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(p) BROADBAND VOUCHERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible entity makes 
the determination described in paragraph (2) with 
respect to a political subdivision of such eligible enti-
ty, such eligible entity may use grant funds received 
under this section to provide to households in such 
political subdivision vouchers that such households 
may use to cover eligible broadband service costs. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—The determination de-
scribed in this paragraph is a determination by an 
eligible entity that a political subdivision of such eli-
gible entity lacks access to broadband service that 
such eligible entity considers adequate. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In providing vouchers under 
this subsection, an eligible entity shall give priority 
to households in political subdivisions the per capita 
income of which is below the median per capita in-
come of the political subdivisions of such eligible en-
tity, as determined by such eligible entity. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) HOUSEHOLDS
IN
UNSERVED
LOCA-
TIONS OR UNDERSERVED LOCATIONS.—An eli-
gible entity may not provide a voucher under 
this subsection to a household unless, on the 
day before such eligible entity provides the first 
such voucher to such household, such household 
resides at a location that is an unserved loca-
tion or an underserved location. 
‘‘(B) DURATION.—In the case of eligible 
broadband service costs described in clauses 
(i)(II) and (ii) of paragraph (5)(B), an eligible 
entity may only provide vouchers under this 
subsection to a household to cover such costs 
charged to such household with respect to a sin-
gle period of 12 consecutive months. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) BROADBAND
CUSTOMER
PREMISES 
EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘broadband customer 
premises equipment’ means equipment em-
ployed on the premises of a household to pro-
vide satellite or fixed wireless broadband serv-
ice. 
‘‘(B) 
ELIGIBLE
BROADBAND
SERVICE 
COSTS.—The term ‘eligible broadband service 
costs’ means the following: 
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‘‘(i) 50 percent of the amount charged 
by a provider of satellite or fixed wireless 
broadband service to a household for— 
‘‘(I) the purchase of broadband 
customer premises equipment; or 
‘‘(II) the monthly lease or rental 
of 
broadband 
customer 
premises 
equipment. 
‘‘(ii) The monthly amount (not to ex-
ceed $30 per month) charged by a provider 
of satellite or fixed wireless broadband 
service to a household for providing such 
service to such household.’’. 
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