HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 38 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RIGGS. 6954H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
WHEREAS, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 provided funding for 2 the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program to be administered by the 3 National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. 4 Department of Commerce; and 5 6 WHEREAS, in 2024, Missouri's BEAD program was approved by NTIA, allowing 7 the state of Missouri to access BEAD funds; and 8 9 WHEREAS, at $1.7 billion, Missouri's allocation of BEAD funds was the third 10 highest in the United States; and 11 12 WHEREAS, in 2025, Missouri began accepting project proposals for BEAD funding; 13 and 14 15 WHEREAS, in June of 2025, the NTIA modified the requirements for BEAD 16 projects; and 17 18 WHEREAS, in June 2025, Iowa's Joni Senator Ernst filed Senate Bill 3259, which 19 would require a clawback of BEAD funds that had not been released: 20 21 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of 22 Representatives of the One Hundred Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the 23 Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the NTIA to allow the state of Missouri to access the 24 BEAD funds that were allocated to the state; and 25 HCR 38 2
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Broadband Development within 27 Missouri's Department of Economic Development be allowed to continue to manage grants in 28 the same manner as previously required; and 29 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of 31 Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the 32 members of the Missouri Congressional delegation and Arielle Roth, the Assistant Secretary 33 of Commerce for Communications and Information. ✔