RECAPTURE Act

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