SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ‘‘RIP AND REPLACE’’ FUNDING. 
(a) INCREASE
IN EXPENDITURE LIMIT.—Section 
4(k) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603(k)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,900,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,980,000,000’’. 
(b) APPROPRIATION
OF FUNDS.—There is appro-
priated to the Federal Communications Commission for 
fiscal year 2024, out of amounts in the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, $3,080,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out section 4 of the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 
U.S.C. 1603). 
SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IMPROVING VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) REQUIRED USE OF NATIONAL VERIFIER TO 
DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 904 of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 
U.S.C. 1752) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(6)(C), by striking ‘‘or 
the participating provider verifies eligibility 
under subsection (a)(2)(B)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘shall’’ and all that follows and inserting the 
following: ‘‘shall use the National Verifier or 
National Lifeline Accountability Database.’’. 
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(2) REPEAL OF ELIGIBILITY THROUGH A PRO-
VIDER’S EXISTING LOW-INCOME PROGRAM.—Section 
904(a)(6) of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1752(a)(6)) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (D). 
(3) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY THROUGH THE 
COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION OF THE FREE 
LUNCH PROGRAM AND THE FREE SCHOOL BREAK-
FAST PROGRAM.—Section 904(a)(6) of division N of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 
U.S.C. 1752(a)(6)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) at least 1 member of the household— 
‘‘(i) is eligible for and receives— 
‘‘(I) free or reduced price lunch 
under the school lunch program estab-
lished under the Richard B. Russell 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); or 
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‘‘(II) free or reduced price break-
fast under the school breakfast pro-
gram established under section 4 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1773); and 
‘‘(ii) attends a school the local edu-
cational agency of which does not elect to 
receive special assistance payments under 
section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1759a(a)(1)(F)).’’. 
(4) REDUCTION OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.— 
Section 904(a)(6)(A) of division N of the Consoli-
dated 
Appropriations 
Act, 
2021 
(47 
U.S.C. 
1752(a)(6)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘except that’’ 
and all that follows and inserting a semicolon. 
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE; RULES.— 
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 
(i) the terms ‘‘affordable connectivity 
benefit’’, ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘eligible house-
hold’’, and ‘‘participating provider’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 
904(a) of division N of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 
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1752(a)), as amended by this subsection; 
and 
(ii) the term ‘‘Affordable Connectivity 
Program’’ means the program established 
under section 904(b)(1) of division N of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(47 U.S.C. 1752(b)(1)). 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (C), the amendments 
made by this subsection shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(C) ENROLLED
HOUSEHOLDS.—A house-
hold that received the affordable connectivity 
benefit as of April 30, 2024, but is no longer 
an eligible household by reason of the amend-
ments made by this subsection shall nonetheless 
be treated an eligible household until the date 
that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(D) UPDATING
RULES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Commission shall update the rules of 
the Commission relating to the Affordable 
Connectivity Program to implement the amend-
ments made by this subsection. 
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(E) RE-CERTIFICATION.—During the pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the Com-
mission updates the rules under subparagraph 
(D) and ending on the date that is 240 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a par-
ticipating provider or the Administrator of the 
Universal Service Administrative Company, as 
applicable, shall re-certify the eligibility of a 
household for the Affordable Connectivity Pro-
gram in accordance with section 54.1806(f) of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
successor regulation, based on the amendments 
made by this subsection. 
(b) REPEAL OF AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PRO-
GRAM DEVICE SUBSIDY.—Section 904 of division N of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1752) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5) 
through (11) as paragraphs (4) through (10), 
respectively; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, or an 
affordable connectivity benefit and a connected 
device,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(6)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)(5)(C)’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (5); 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 
through (15) as paragraphs (5) through (14), 
respectively; 
(E) by amending paragraph (5), as so re-
designated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—To receive a 
reimbursement under paragraph (4), a participating 
provider shall certify to the Commission that each 
eligible household for which the participating pro-
vider is seeking reimbursement for providing an 
internet service offering discounted by the affordable 
connectivity benefit— 
‘‘(A) will not be required to pay an early 
termination fee if such eligible household elects 
to enter into a contract to receive such internet 
service offering if such household later termi-
nates such contract; 
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‘‘(B) was not, after December 27, 2020, 
subject to a mandatory waiting period for such 
internet service offering based on having pre-
viously received broadband internet access serv-
ice from such participating provider; and 
‘‘(C) will otherwise be subject to the par-
ticipating provider’s generally applicable terms 
and conditions as applied to other customers.’’; 
(F) in paragraph (11), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘a connected device or a reimbursement 
for’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (E); 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(F) and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and 
(F), respectively; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (F), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(6)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(5)’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (12)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (11)’’. 
(c) ANTIFRAUD CONTROLS, PERFORMANCE GOALS, 
AND MEASURES.—Section 904 of division N of the Con-
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solidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1752) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) ANTIFRAUD CONTROLS, PERFORMANCE GOALS, 
AND MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Commission shall develop and implement antifraud 
controls, performance goals, and performance meas-
ures for the Affordable Connectivity Program, and 
in doing so, shall consider the recommendations sub-
mitted by the Comptroller General of the United 
States to the Commission in the report entitled ‘Af-
fordable Broadband: FCC Could Improve Perform-
ance Goals and Measures, Consumer Outreach, and 
Fraud Risk Management’, publicly released January 
25, 2023 (GAO–23–105399).’’. 
(d) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
General of the Federal Communications Commission shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a re-
port analyzing the effects of this section, including the 
amendments made by this section, with respect to improv-
ing the efficiency and quality of the Affordable 
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Connectivity Program established under section 904 of di-
vision N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 
U.S.C. 1752). 
(e) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.—Section 904(i)(2) 
of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (47 U.S.C. 1752(i)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AP-
PROPRIATION’’ and inserting ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—There is’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) FISCAL YEAR 2024.—There is appro-
priated to the Affordable Connectivity Fund, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $6,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024, to remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 4. REAUCTION OF CERTAIN LICENSES. 
(a) FCC REAUCTION AUTHORITY.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission, without regard to whether 
the authority of the Commission under paragraph (11) of 
section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309(j)) has expired— 
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(1) shall initiate 1 or more systems of competi-
tive bidding under that section to grant licenses 
for— 
(A) the bands referred to by the Commis-
sion as the ‘‘AWS–3 bands’’; and 
(B) any other unassigned spectrum bands 
with respect to which the Commission pre-
viously offered licenses in competitive bidding, 
as determined appropriate by the Commission; 
and 
(2) shall initiate 1 or more systems of competi-
tive bidding under that section to grant licenses for 
any unassigned spectrum bands, other than the 
bands auctioned under paragraph (1), with respect 
to which the Commission— 
(A) previously offered licenses in competi-
tive bidding; and 
(B) determines there is sufficient current 
demand. 
(b) COMPLETION
OF
REAUCTION.—The Federal 
Communications Commission shall complete each system 
of competitive bidding described in subsection (a), includ-
ing receiving payments, processing applications, and 
granting licenses, without regard to whether the authority 
of the Commission under paragraph (11) of section 309(j) 
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of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) 
has expired. 
Æ 
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