Congress·In Committee·S. 3259

RECAPTURE Act

Broadband Funding: Using Unspent Money for Deficit Reduction

8 months ago·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

The RECAPTURE Act was recently introduced in the Senate and is currently being reviewed by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time. The bill is in the early stages of the legislative process.

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Unlikely to pass

This bill seeks to claw back money from a major bipartisan infrastructure law. It will likely face strong opposition from lawmakers who want to ensure all promised broadband funds stay in their states.

Key Points

This bill targets the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, which was created to help bring high-speed internet to more people. It requires any money that has not been assigned to a specific project in a state's final plan to be returned to the federal government.
The returned money would go into the Treasury Department's general fund. The bill specifies that this money must be used only to help lower the national deficit rather than being spent on other government programs.
Currently, states and territories receive these grants to build internet infrastructure. Under this plan, if a state's final proposal does not use all the money it was originally offered, the leftover cash cannot be kept or moved to other projects.
Supporters of the bill want to ensure that government spending is efficient and that extra money does not sit unused while the national debt grows. It changes the rules of a 2021 law that originally allowed for more flexibility in how these funds were reallocated.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Nov 20, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Nov 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

RECAPTURE Act

Bill NumberS 3259

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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