The RECAPTURE Act would redirect unspent money from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program—established under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—toward reducing the federal deficit. Specifically, the bill requires that any remaining BEAD grant funds not designated for a specific purpose in a state or territory's final broadband plan be returned to the U.S. Treasury rather than made available to the states. States and territories would still receive the portion of their allocated funds that have been earmarked for specific broadband projects, but any undirected surplus would go to deficit reduction instead. The legislation was introduced by Senators Joni Ernst and Ted Cruz and affects how federal broadband funding is managed at the state level. No specific funding amounts or implementation timelines are detailed in the bill text.
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