[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3259

    To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require 
  remaining funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment 
               Program to be used for deficit reduction.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 20, 2025

  Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require 
  remaining funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment 
               Program to be used for deficit reduction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recovering Excess Communications 
Appropriations while Protecting Telecommunications Upgrades, 
Reinvestment, and Expansion Act'' or the ``RECAPTURE Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF REMAINING BEAD FUNDS FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 60102(e)(4) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(e)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by striking ``, shall 
        make available to the eligible entity the remainder of the 
        grant funds allocated to the eligible entity under subsection 
        (c);'' and inserting the following: ``, shall, with respect to 
        the remainder of the grant funds allocated to the eligible 
        entity under subsection (c)--
                                            ``(aa) make available to 
                                        the eligible entity the portion 
                                        of those remaining funds that 
                                        have been designated for a 
                                        specific purpose in the final 
                                        proposal; and
                                            ``(bb) deposit in the 
                                        general fund of the Treasury, 
                                        for the sole purpose of deficit 
                                        reduction, the portion of those 
                                        remaining funds that have not 
                                        been designated for a specific 
                                        purpose in the final 
                                        proposal;''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by striking ``, shall 
        make available to the eligible entity the remainder of the 
        grant funds allocated to the eligible entity under subsection 
        (c);'' and inserting the following: ``, shall, with respect to 
        the remainder of the grant funds allocated to the eligible 
        entity under subsection (c)--
                                            ``(aa) make available to 
                                        the eligible entity the portion 
                                        of those remaining funds that 
                                        have been designated for a 
                                        specific purpose in the final 
                                        proposal; and
                                            ``(bb) deposit in the 
                                        general fund of the Treasury, 
                                        for the sole purpose of deficit 
                                        reduction, the portion of those 
                                        remaining funds that have not 
                                        been designated for a specific 
                                        purpose in the final 
                                        proposal;''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 60102 of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(5)(C)--
                    (A) by striking clause (ii);
                    (B) by striking ``Reallocation to other eligible 
                entities.--'' and all that follows through ``The 
                Assistant Secretary'' and inserting ``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 adjusting the 
                margins accordingly; and
                    (D) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking 
                ``subclause (I) of this clause'' and inserting ``clause 
                (i) of this subparagraph''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(4)(A)(i), in the matter preceding 
        subclause (I), by striking ``approvals'' and inserting 
        ``approves''.
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