This bill proposes an amendment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, specifically targeting the allocation of funds within the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program . Its primary objective is to ensure that any remaining grant funds not explicitly designated for a specific purpose in an eligible entity's final proposal are redirected. Under the proposed changes, if an eligible entity has remaining BEAD funds, the portion designated for a specific purpose in their final proposal will still be made available to them. However, any portion of those remaining funds that have not been designated for a specific purpose will be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury. This redirection is explicitly for the sole purpose of deficit reduction , aiming to apply unspent or unallocated broadband infrastructure funds to the national debt.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Science, Technology, Communications
RECAPTURE Act
USA119th CongressS-3259| Senate
| Updated: 11/20/2025
This bill proposes an amendment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, specifically targeting the allocation of funds within the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program . Its primary objective is to ensure that any remaining grant funds not explicitly designated for a specific purpose in an eligible entity's final proposal are redirected. Under the proposed changes, if an eligible entity has remaining BEAD funds, the portion designated for a specific purpose in their final proposal will still be made available to them. However, any portion of those remaining funds that have not been designated for a specific purpose will be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury. This redirection is explicitly for the sole purpose of deficit reduction , aiming to apply unspent or unallocated broadband infrastructure funds to the national debt.