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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4663 
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide additional 
funding for E-rate support for emergency educational connections and 
devices, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2021 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CHU, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI´A of 
Illinois, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KHANNA, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, and Ms. JAYAPAL) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide 
additional funding for E-rate support for emergency edu-
cational connections and devices, 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 ‘‘Securing Universal 
Communications Connectivity to Ensure Students Succeed 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SUCCESS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY EDUCATIONAL CON-
NECTIONS AND DEVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7402 of the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(except as provided in 
subsection (c)(2)(B))’’ after ‘‘during a COVID–19 
emergency period’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
Emergency Connectivity Fund, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2021— 
‘‘(i) $7,171,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030, for— 
‘‘(I) the provision of support 
under the covered regulations; and 
‘‘(II) the Commission to adopt, 
and the Commission and the Uni-
versal Service Administrative Com-
pany to administer, the covered regu-
lations; and 
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‘‘(ii) $1,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2030, for the Inspec-
tor General of the Commission to conduct 
oversight of support provided under the 
covered regulations; and 
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026, $8,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the provision of support under 
the covered regulations, without regard to 
when— 
‘‘(i) that support is provided; or 
‘‘(ii) any purchase described in sub-
section (a) occurs.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘under 
paragraph (2)(A) may be used for the purposes 
described in clause (ii) of such paragraph’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under paragraph (2)(A)(i) may be 
used for the purposes described in subclause 
(II) of such paragraph’’. 
(b) UPDATES TO REGULATIONS.—The Federal Com-
munications Commission may make any updates to the 
regulations promulgated under section 7402(a) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 
as in effect before the date of enactment of this Act, that 
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may be necessary as a result of the amendments made 
by subsection (a) of this section. 
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