SEC. 3. BEAD SUBGRANTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, NATIONAL 
SECURITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND 
MEANINGFUL USE OF AI-SUPPORTIVE TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 60102 of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) 
through (N) as subparagraphs (P) through (U), 
respectively; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (N); 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 
subparagraph (K); 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
and (F) as subparagraphs (H) and (I), respec-
tively; 
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), 
respectively; 
(F) by inserting before subparagraph (C), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) 9–1–1 REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY AS-
SISTANCE.—The term ‘9–1–1 request for emer-
gency assistance’ means a communication, such 
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as voice, text, picture, multimedia, or any other 
type of data, that is sent to an emergency com-
munications center for the purpose of request-
ing emergency assistance. 
‘‘(B) 
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.—The 
term ‘artificial intelligence’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 5002 of the National 
Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 
U.S.C. 9401).’’; 
(G) by inserting after subparagraph (F), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(G) 
COMMONLY
ACCEPTED
STAND-
ARDS.—The term ‘commonly accepted stand-
ards’ means the technical standards followed by 
the communications industry for network, de-
vice, and Internet Protocol connectivity that— 
‘‘(i) enable interoperability; and 
‘‘(ii) are— 
‘‘(I) developed and approved by a 
standards development organization 
that is accredited by an American 
standards body (such as the American 
National Standards Institute) or an 
equivalent 
international 
standards 
body in a process that— 
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‘‘(aa) is open for participa-
tion by any person; and 
‘‘(bb) provides for a conflict 
resolution process; 
‘‘(II) subject to an open comment 
and input process before being final-
ized by the standards development or-
ganization; 
‘‘(III) consensus-based; and 
‘‘(IV) made publicly available 
once approved.’’; 
(H) by inserting after subparagraph (I), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(J) EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CEN-
TER.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘emer-
gency communications center’ means— 
‘‘(I) a facility that— 
‘‘(aa) is designated to re-
ceive a 9–1–1 request for emer-
gency assistance; and 
‘‘(bb) performs 1 or more of 
the functions described in clause 
(ii); or 
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‘‘(II) a public safety answering 
point, as defined in section 222 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 222). 
‘‘(ii) FUNCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The 
functions described in this clause are the 
following: 
‘‘(I) Processing and analyzing 9– 
1–1 requests for emergency assistance 
and information and data related to 
such requests. 
‘‘(II) 
Dispatching 
appropriate 
emergency response providers. 
‘‘(III) Transferring or exchang-
ing 9–1–1 requests for emergency as-
sistance and information and data re-
lated to such requests to or with 1 or 
more other emergency communica-
tions centers or emergency response 
providers. 
‘‘(IV) Analyzing any communica-
tions received from emergency re-
sponse providers. 
‘‘(V) Supporting incident com-
mand functions.’’; 
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(I) by inserting after subparagraph (K), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(L) 
INTEROPERABILITY.—The 
term 
‘interoperability’ means the capability of emer-
gency communications centers to receive 9–1–1 
requests for emergency assistance and informa-
tion and data related to such requests, such as 
location information and callback numbers from 
a person initiating the request, then process 
and share the 9–1–1 requests for emergency as-
sistance and information and data related to 
such requests with other emergency commu-
nications centers and emergency response pro-
viders without the need for proprietary inter-
faces and regardless of jurisdiction, equipment, 
device, software, service provider, or other rel-
evant factors. 
‘‘(M) INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT.—The 
term ‘internet exchange point’ means a physical 
building and related infrastructure that— 
‘‘(i) enables internet service providers, 
transport networks, mobile networks, con-
tent delivery networks, artificial intel-
ligence systems, and other network opera-
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tors to directly interconnect and exchange 
data traffic among their networks; 
‘‘(ii) provides neutral, nondiscrim-
inatory access to all network operators in 
good standing under published and reason-
able rates and terms with no requirement 
for the purchase of network services as a 
condition of access; and 
‘‘(iii) provides access to a shared 
internet exchange (commonly known as an 
‘IX’) switching fabric that enables partici-
pating networks to establish Border Gate-
way Protocol sessions, whether directly be-
tween participants or through a shared 
route server.’’; and 
(J) by inserting after subparagraph (N), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(O) 
NEXT
GENERATION
9–1–1.—The 
term ‘Next Generation 9–1–1’ means an Inter-
net Protocol-based system that— 
‘‘(i) ensures interoperability; 
‘‘(ii) is secure; 
‘‘(iii) employs commonly accepted 
standards; 
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‘‘(iv) enables emergency communica-
tions centers to receive, process, and ana-
lyze all types of 9–1–1 requests for emer-
gency assistance; 
‘‘(v) acquires and integrates addi-
tional information useful to handling 9–1– 
1 requests for emergency assistance; and 
‘‘(vi) supports sharing information re-
lated to 9–1–1 requests for emergency as-
sistance among emergency communications 
centers and emergency response pro-
viders.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(5)(C)— 
(A) by striking clause (ii); 
(B) 
by 
striking 
‘‘REALLOCATION
TO 
OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘The Assistant Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘REALLOCATION TO OTHER ELIGIBLE 
ENTITIES
DUE
TO
APPLICATION
FAILURES.— 
The Assistant Secretary’’; 
(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and ad-
justing the margins accordingly; and 
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(D) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘subclause (I) of this clause’’ and in-
serting ‘‘clause (i) of this subparagraph’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(4)(A)(i), in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘approvals’’ and in-
serting ‘‘approves’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (3) through 
(6); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and adjusting the margins accordingly; 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the semicolon at the end and 
inserting a period; 
(E) by striking ‘‘An eligible entity may use 
grant funds received under this section to com-
petitively award subgrants for—’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) PERMISSIBLE
USES.—An eligible entity 
may use grant funds received under this section to 
competitively award subgrants for—’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) USE
OF
REMAINING
AMOUNTS
FOR 
PROJECTS
RELATING
TO
AI-SUPPORTIVE
TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE, 
WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND NATIONAL SE-
CURITY.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE
PROJECT.—The term 
‘eligible project’ means a project for— 
‘‘(I) the construction of — 
‘‘(aa) lit or dark fiber that is 
to be made available on a whole-
sale basis; 
‘‘(bb) conduit systems, man-
holes, in-line amplifier facilities, 
and related infrastructure; 
‘‘(cc) carrier-neutral internet 
exchange points; 
‘‘(dd) mobile wireless com-
munications infrastructure; 
‘‘(ee) facilities that house 
workforce development programs 
narrowly targeted to address 
worker shortages in the tele-
communications, 
cybersecurity, 
artificial intelligence, and elec-
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trical distribution sectors, to the 
extent such programs promote or 
facilitate 
the 
deployment 
of 
broadband infrastructure; 
‘‘(ff) submarine cable sys-
tems; 
‘‘(gg) carrier-neutral sub-
marine cable landing stations; 
‘‘(hh) mobile wireless com-
munications 
infrastructure 
on 
educational facilities, including 
those on Tribal lands, that in-
creases coverage, capacity, resil-
iency, or security capabilities of 
connectivity for public safety pur-
poses; or 
‘‘(ii) a combination of infra-
structure described in any of 
items (aa) through (hh); 
‘‘(II) the planning and implemen-
tation of workforce development pro-
grams narrowly targeted to address 
worker shortages in the telecommuni-
cations, artificial intelligence, and 
electrical distribution sectors, to the 
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extent such programs promote or fa-
cilitate the deployment or meaningful 
use of broadband infrastructure; 
‘‘(III) the planning, implementa-
tion, or maintenance of Next Genera-
tion 9–1–1 in emergency communica-
tions centers; 
‘‘(IV) data collection, mapping, 
and planning; 
‘‘(V) resources for tools, per-
sonnel, systems, training, or technical 
assistance to accelerate, streamline, or 
improve the efficiency of permitting 
processes necessary for broadband de-
ployment; and 
‘‘(VI) any use determined nec-
essary by the Assistant Secretary to 
facilitate the goals of the Program. 
‘‘(ii) 
REMAINING
AMOUNTS.—The 
term ‘remaining amounts’, with respect to 
the allocations to an eligible entity under 
subsection (c), means any amounts remain-
ing from those allocations upon approval of 
the eligible entity’s final proposal under 
subsection (e)(4). 
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‘‘(B) USE OF REMAINING AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(i) SUBGRANT PROGRAM.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this sec-
tion, an eligible entity shall use all remain-
ing amounts to establish a competitive 
subgrant program to support 1 or more el-
igible projects. 
‘‘(ii) NONCOMPETITIVE
SUBGRANTS 
TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS.— 
If an eligible entity wishing to support an 
eligible project described in subparagraph 
(A)(i)(II) (relating to workforce develop-
ment programs) has a workforce develop-
ment board, the eligible entity may satisfy 
clause (i) of this subparagraph by award-
ing a subgrant to the workforce develop-
ment board without conducting a competi-
tive subgrant program. 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITED
USE
OF
FUNDS.—A 
subgrant awarded under subparagraph (B) may 
not be used for the construction, operation, or 
expansion of a data center that has the primary 
purpose of processing and storing digital infor-
mation. 
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‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants 
under subparagraph (B), an eligible entity shall 
prioritize proposals that— 
‘‘(i) develop infrastructure described 
in subparagraph (A) in 1 or more regions 
that are unserved or underserved by such 
infrastructure, including on Tribal lands; 
‘‘(ii) are strategically critical for pub-
lic safety, national security, or economic 
development; 
‘‘(iii) produce a qualified workforce to 
support the telecommunications, cybersecu-
rity, artificial intelligence, and electrical 
distribution sectors, to the extent such pro-
posals promote or facilitate the deployment 
or meaningful use of broadband infrastruc-
ture; 
‘‘(iv) 
directly 
support 
enhanced 
connectivity to, or network capabilities of, 
military installations, national laboratories, 
or other relevant Federal facilities, includ-
ing facilities of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration; 
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‘‘(v) advance the cybersecurity or 
meaningful use of projects for which such 
subgrants are awarded; 
‘‘(vi) support direct network inter-
connection between edge artificial intel-
ligence data centers and local networks, in-
cluding internet service providers, mobile 
networks, and research and education net-
works; 
‘‘(vii) enhance the network capacity, 
resiliency, hardening, or geographic reach 
of telecommunications backbone infrastruc-
ture; and 
‘‘(viii) accomplish 2 or more of the ob-
jectives described in clauses (i) through 
(vii). 
‘‘(E) LIMITED OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.— 
A subgrant awarded under subparagraph (B) 
may include funding for reasonable projected 
operations and maintenance expenses for a pe-
riod of 24 months after completion of the 
project, not to exceed 15 percent of the amount 
of the subgrant. 
‘‘(F) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
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‘‘(i) AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this section, in awarding 
subgrants under subparagraph (B), other 
than a subgrant awarded for an eligible ac-
tivity 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(A)(i)(III), an eligible entity shall require a 
subgrantee to provide a contribution of not 
less than 25 percent of project costs. 
‘‘(ii) WAIVER.—Upon request by a 
subgrantee, an eligible entity may reduce 
or waive the required matching contribu-
tion under clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) SOURCE OF MATCH.—A match-
ing contribution under clause (i) may in-
clude in-kind contributions made by a sub-
grantee or a third-party entity. 
‘‘(G) INTERSTATE
PROJECTS.—Two or 
more eligible entities may execute memoranda 
of agreement between or among one another to 
facilitate subgrant awards under subparagraph 
(B) for eligible projects that span 2 or more eli-
gible entities. 
‘‘(H) CHALLENGE PROCESS FOR ELIGIBLE 
FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.— 
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‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—A 
subgrant 
awarded by an eligible entity under sub-
paragraph (B) for the construction of lit or 
dark fiber that is to be made available on 
a wholesale basis, as described in subpara-
graph (A)(i)(I), shall be subject to a man-
datory public challenge process adminis-
tered by the eligible entity. 
‘‘(ii) PUBLIC
NOTICE
AND
CHAL-
LENGE
WINDOW.—Before 
awarding 
a 
subgrant described in clause (i), an eligible 
entity shall— 
‘‘(I) make the proposed project 
routes and other relevant attributes 
available on a publicly accessible 
website maintained by the eligible en-
tity for a period of not less than 14 
days (in this subparagraph referred to 
as the ‘public notice and challenge 
window’); and 
‘‘(II) allow for the submission of 
challenges during the public notice 
and challenge window on the grounds 
that the proposed project constitutes 
overbuilding. 
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‘‘(iii) CRITERIA
FOR
VALID
CHAL-
LENGES.—A proposed project described in 
clause (i) may only be challenged under 
clause (ii)(II) if the challenger dem-
onstrates that— 
‘‘(I) a substantially similar fiber 
route already exists between defined 
locations; 
‘‘(II) the existing fiber route is 
available to wholesale customers on 
comparable terms and conditions, in-
cluding price, capacity, and service 
level agreements; 
‘‘(III) the existing infrastructure 
meets the same intended use as the 
proposed project, including latency, 
resiliency, and interconnection capa-
bilities; and 
‘‘(IV) the proposed project does 
not substantially improve resilient, re-
dundant, or alternative connection 
paths. 
‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt 
of a timely challenge under clause 
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(ii)(II), an eligible entity shall conduct 
a review and issue a final determina-
tion as to the validity of the challenge 
not later than 30 days after the close 
of the public notice and challenge win-
dow. 
‘‘(II) FACTORS FOR DETERMINA-
TION.—An eligible entity shall base a 
final determination under subclause 
(I) on a holistic review of route simi-
larity, capacity, availability, service of-
ferings, pricing, and strategic jus-
tification. 
‘‘(v) TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED.—An 
eligible entity shall publish a summary of 
each 
challenge 
received 
under 
clause 
(ii)(II) and the corresponding final deter-
mination issued under clause (iv)(I), in-
cluding the rationale for any decision to 
uphold or reject the challenge. 
‘‘(vi) LIMITATION.—The existence of 
any fiber route that is not made available 
on reasonable wholesale terms, or that does 
not meet the intended purpose or technical 
performance of the proposed project, shall 
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not be grounds for a valid challenge under 
clause (ii)(II). 
‘‘(I) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 
NEXT
GENERATION
9–1–1.—Nothing in this 
paragraph, including the authority to use re-
maining amounts for the planning, implementa-
tion, or maintenance of Next Generation 9–1– 
1 in emergency communications centers as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i)(III), shall be 
construed to expand or otherwise modify the 
definition of the term ‘originating service pro-
vider’ in section 9.28 of title 47, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or any successor regulation). 
‘‘(J) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 
UNSPENT FUNDS.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to limit or prevent an eligible enti-
ty from returning to the Treasury any amounts 
allocated to the eligible entity under subsection 
(c) that are not spent.’’. 
(b) WAIVER ON BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA.— 
Section 60102(i) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(i)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Assistant Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
TO
ISSUE
REGULATIONS.— 
The Assistant Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF BUILD AMERICA BUY 
AMERICA ACT WAIVER.—The notice of final waiver 
issued by the Assistant Secretary, titled ‘Limited 
General Applicability Nonavailability Waiver of the 
Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Pref-
erence as Applied to Recipients of Broadband Eq-
uity, Access, and Deployment Program’, effective on 
February 22, 2024, may not be revised or re-
scinded.’’. 
(c) GUIDANCE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec-
retary of Commerce for Communications and Infor-
mation shall issue any guidance necessary to imple-
ment the amendments made by subsection (a), con-
sistent with the purposes of this Act. 
(2) 
COORDINATION
WITH
SECRETARY
OF 
LABOR.—In the case of guidance described in para-
graph (1) that pertains to workforce development 
programs, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information shall develop the 
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guidance in coordination with the Secretary of 
Labor. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
UNIFORM
GUIDANCE.— 
The guidance issued under paragraph (1) shall in-
corporate and apply, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the requirements of part 200 of title 2, Code 
of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Prin-
ciples, 
and 
Audit 
Requirements 
for 
Federal 
Awards’’). 
(d) COORDINATION OF PROJECTS RELATING TO THE 
PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, OR
MAINTENANCE
OF 
NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1.—Paragraph (2) of section 
60102(f) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(47 U.S.C. 1702(f)), as amended by subsection (a), is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) COORDINATION OF PROJECTS RELAT-
ING TO THE PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, OR 
MAINTENANCE OF NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1.— 
‘‘(i) DUTIES
OF
ASSISTANT
SEC-
RETARY WITH RESPECT TO NEXT GENERA-
TION 9–1–1.—The Assistant Secretary, act-
ing through the Associate Administrator 
for Public Safety Communications, shall— 
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‘‘(I) take actions, in coordination 
with State points of contact described 
in clause (ii)(II) as applicable, to im-
prove coordination and communication 
with respect to the implementation of 
Next Generation 9–1–1; 
‘‘(II) develop, collect, and dis-
seminate information concerning the 
practices, procedures, and technology 
used in the implementation of Next 
Generation 9–1–1; 
‘‘(III) advise and assist eligible 
entities in the preparation of certifi-
cations required under clause (ii); 
‘‘(IV) provide technical assistance 
to eligible entities that choose to use 
remaining amounts in support of ef-
forts to explore efficiencies related to 
Next Generation 9–1–1; 
‘‘(V) review and approve or dis-
approve the proposed use of remain-
ing amounts for eligible projects de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i)(III); 
and 
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‘‘(VI) oversee the use of sub-
grants awarded under subparagraph 
(B) for eligible projects described in 
subparagraph (A)(i)(III). 
‘‘(ii) COORDINATION
REQUIRED.—To 
the extent that an eligible entity proposes 
to use remaining amounts for the plan-
ning, implementation, or maintenance of 
Next Generation 9–1–1 in emergency com-
munications centers as described in sub-
paragraph (A)(i)(III), the eligible entity 
shall submit to the Assistant Secretary a 
certification that the eligible entity— 
‘‘(I) has coordinated the pro-
posed use with each emergency com-
munications center located within the 
jurisdiction of the eligible entity; 
‘‘(II) has designated a single offi-
cer or governmental body to serve as 
the point of contact to coordinate the 
implementation of Next Generation 9– 
1–1 for that eligible entity, except 
that such designation need not vest 
such officer or governmental body 
with direct legal authority to imple-
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ment Next Generation 9–1–1 or to 
manage emergency communications 
operations; and 
‘‘(III) has developed a plan for 
the coordination and implementation 
of Next Generation 9–1–1 that— 
‘‘(aa) 
ensures 
interoper-
ability by requiring the use of 
commonly accepted standards; 
‘‘(bb) ensures reliability; 
‘‘(cc) 
enables 
emergency 
communications centers to proc-
ess, analyze, and store multi-
media, data, and other informa-
tion; 
‘‘(dd) incorporates cyberse-
curity tools, including intrusion 
detection and prevention meas-
ures; 
‘‘(ee) includes strategies for 
coordinating cybersecurity infor-
mation sharing between Federal, 
State, Tribal, and local govern-
ment partners; 
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‘‘(ff) uses open and competi-
tive request for proposal proc-
esses, including through shared 
government procurement vehicles, 
for deployment of Next Genera-
tion 9–1–1; 
‘‘(gg) documents how input 
was received and accounted for 
from relevant rural and urban 
emergency communications cen-
ters, regional authorities, local 
authorities, and Tribal authori-
ties; 
‘‘(hh) includes 1 or more 
governance bodies, either by cre-
ation of 1 or more new, or use of 
1 or more existing, bodies, for 
the deployment of Next Genera-
tion 9–1–1 that ensures full no-
tice and opportunity for partici-
pation by relevant stakeholders; 
‘‘(ii) creates efficiencies re-
lated to Next Generation 9–1–1 
functions, including cybersecurity 
and the virtualization and shar-
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